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Reflections on Albania
This essay is an excerpt from the recently published anthology, “The Maternal Is Political,” by Shari MacDonald Strong. Photo credit: Nations Online In May of 1999 I flew from Budapest into Tirana, the...
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The New Obama in South Africa
Today is World AIDS Day. I know, big yawn. Another day devoted to another horrific pandemic and then after feeling terrible — or not — we’ll all forget about it. But here in South Africa, ..... The...
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Goin’ Down Down: In South Africa Bloggers Mine Gold
So I’m crawling on my hands and knees through a space about the size of a sewer drain. It’s about 105 degrees and hot as Hades and so dark I think I might pass out ..... The post Goin’ Down Down: In...
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The Historic Sweep of Soweto
Here we are in Soweto. We just drove past Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s house, the gentle Anglican cleric who preached against apartheid. I would have missed the undistinguished house entirely had not...
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Why Obama Needs A Special Envoy to Africa (and not just George Clooney)
This hardly seems like the time to worry about cholera in Zimbabwe. Or the rapidly deteriorating availability of medical care for the dying and women unfortunate enough to be pregnant. Heaven knows...
View ArticleBirth Control Heats Up As A National Issue–But Where Are the Women?
It’s time for a birth control lesson, ladies. Are you with me? This week Foster Friess, a major backer of Rick Santorum’s Super PAC, did an interview with MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell. Mitchell wondered if...
View ArticleAmerican VP Debate on Abortion: Ryan’s Views Will Take Women Back More Than...
Last night, the contrast between Paul Ryan and Joe Biden on abortion couldn’t have been more blatant. When the subject finally came up nearly 40 minutes into the debate, moderator and ABC...
View ArticleNorth Dakota Has Teen Pregnancy Crisis Yet Conservatives Block Sex Education...
Last September, Molly Secor-Turner got some exciting news. Along with another North Dakota State University researcher, Brandy Randall, she won a 1.2-million federal grant to launch a sex education...
View ArticleBetty Friedan’s The Feminine Mystique: A Look at Progress 50 Years Later
This week marks the 50th anniversary of the publication of “The Feminine Mystique.” It’s hard to underestimate the earthshaking effect Betty Friedan’s book had on American women’s lives back then....
View ArticleDid You Know That It’s National Women’s History Month?
This month is National Women’s History Month. I like Women’s History Month because it’s about women and their achievements. But I also like it because I’m always learning new things about women who...
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