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Family Planning: Whose Business?
This is a story of a family who live on less than $5 a day. Mama and Papa have six children. Mama would have seven but she lost the first one. She’s not sure why he died but she has never had enough...
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In U.S. Elections, Global Women's Rights at Stake
Suffragettes, 1921 (via Wikipedia)Two very different visions for the future of women around the world are on the ballot today as Americans head for the polls to decide between President Barack Obama...
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The Quilting Women of Gee's Bend
I am not a quilter but something about quilting always captivates me. The patches of fabrics of various patterns and colors, the handmade stitches, the “imperfect” lines and shapes. In the culture...
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Abortion and Unnecessary Death: A Multicultural Issue
For too long the word abortion has been associated with politicians; it has become a slogan of where your politics lie. Last month, we saw a victim to the ping-pong of abortion politics. It took the...
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Power of Pencil and Crayon: Meet Visionary Artist Minnie Evans
“Nobody in the world can teach me because they don’t know how to teach me. Nobody!“My teacher? God has sent me teacher, angel sent me [teacher] and directed me what to do. I don’t know how I did it.“We...
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In Conversation With Floria Gonzalez
Fragil by Floria GonzalesIn November, I met Floria Gonzalez in New York for the occasion of Pinta, The Latin American Art Show, where her works were exhibited. I immediately fell in love with the...
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Fashioning Women’s Development
Editor's Note: Lisa Wong is a traditional and impact investment professional at Nikko Asset Management and co-runs the UK Chapter of the international Women Advancing Microfinance (WAM) network based...
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Is Mona Hatoum a Surrealist Palestinian?
Mona Hatoum ( b. 1952, Lebanon) was born into a Palestinian family in Beirut. She often explores the danger and limit of everyday objects, giving them a new vision of interpretation. Her poetic and...
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Sexual Harassment, Rape, and Indignity in Indian Society
The week before Christmas, many of us were picking our outfit for the upcoming parties. In Delhi, however, lay a 23-year student fighting for her life after a brutal gang rape. She died yesterday. Her...
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One World, One Rape Culture
Protests in Steubenville, OH. Image courtesy of the CBC.As the brutal gang rape of a 23-year old woman on a bus in New Delhi continues to outrage the women of India, sending shockwaves to the rest of...
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Her Blog: Vita Brevis Arts Longa, by Lee Ann Norman
In 2009, I saw Julie & Julia, a feature-length movie about Julie Powell, a young writer living in New York who once dissatisfied with her dead-end jobs, created an exceptional experience with the...
View ArticleCLIO TALKS BACK: What Kind of Mother . . . ?
Erma Bombeck (1927-1996) was one of America’s most beloved writers. She did not write novels, she wrote humorous and irreverent observations about the serious things in life.In tribute to the perils...
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A Room of One's Own: Women and Power in the New America
A Room of One's Own: Women and Power in the New America (2006) by Cuban-American artist Coco Fusco (born 1960 New York City) is a powerful performance inspired by Virginia Woolf's famous essay, which...
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Her Blog: The Map is Not the Territory, by Malke Rosenfeld
Art can be manifested in many things, including mathematics. In her program "Math in Your Feet," Malke Rosenfeld turns percussive dance into the platform for a robust choreographic inquiry into...
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Join Our Petition to Make Women’s Health a Priority
Join IMOW and our partner organization Every Mother Counts in their "Every Heart Counts" campaign for February! We’re focused on putting women at the heart of US policy-making. With a record number of...
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Cervical Cancer Awareness
Cervical cancer is the second biggest cancer killer of women worldwide. We know that nearly all cases of cervical cancer is caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). There are many types of HPV but...
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A Conversation on Congo with Kate, Model and Human Rights Advocate
Kate is pictured here visiting the Grassroots Reconciliation Group in Uganda.Since last November, the over decade-long conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo has once again surged. The latest...
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The Singh Twins: Re-Interpreting Miniature Art
An example of a miniature painting from RajasthanI have been a long-time admirer of miniature paintings, especially those originating from Rajasthan, the north-western Indian state which I belong to....
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This Valentine's Day, One Billion People Rising to Stop Violence Against Women
[Editor's Note: This post was written by IMOW Her Blueprint's Senior Editor Kate Stence along with Maura Farrell, a co-editor of the Debating Human Rights blog. The original post appeared onDebating...
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Small Farmers, Big Opportunity
How can we feed the growing world? By empowering one small scale farmer at a time.Bean Farmer in Sri Lanka. Image courtesy of UN WomenWatchThe global population, having ballooned over the last century,...
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