The ninth annual Women in the World Summit will take place April 12-14, 2018 at the David H. Koch Theater at Lincoln Center in New York City. The event is presented and co-hosted by Toyota. Watch videos from the entire 2017 Summit above.
Hillary Clinton is among the female leaders tributed in a photo series from New York-area Girl Scouts in celebration of Women’s History Month. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
By Kelcie Willis
Cox Media Group National Content Desk
NEW YORK —
The Girl Scouts of the United States of America is celebrating Women’s History Month with a special series of photographs.
ABC News reported that New York-area Girl Scouts were chosen from over 300 applicants to dress as female leaders such as Amelia Earhart, Lucille Ball, Vera Wang and Condoleezza Rice.
Tricia Messeroux, Toddlewood.com creator and photographer was behind the shoot. Her website of photos turns kids into celebrities as seen on movie posters and red carpets of the Oscars, Grammys and Golden Globes.
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Female leaders represented include former Demoncratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, actress Whoopi Goldberg; NASA mathematicians Katherine G. Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan and Mary Jackson; entrepreneur Madam C.J. Walker; astronaut Mae Jemison; singer Celia Cruz and Girl Scouts founder Juliette Gordon Low.
Not everyone is able to participate in Day Without A Woman. If you can, go for it! Strike! If you are not in a position to, you can wear redin solidarity.
In honor of International Women’s Day, we will be hosting a call tomorrow at 4pm EST to celebrate the achievements of women around the world. We have two very special guests joining us to spotlight Hillary’s record of breaking down barriers for women and girls. Please register for the call here.
Melanne Verveer
Ambassador Verveer is the Executive Director of the Georgetown Institute for Women, Peace and Security. She most recently served as the first U.S. Ambassador for Global Women’s Issues, a position to which she was nominated by President Obama in 2009. She coordinated foreign policy issues and activities relating to the political, economic and social advancement of women, traveling to nearly sixty countries. She worked to ensure that women’s participation and rights are fully integrated into U.S. foreign policy, and she played a leadership role in the Administration’s development of the U.S. National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security. President Obama also appointed her to serve as the U.S. Representative to the UN Commission on the Status of Women.
Feminista Jones
Feminista Jones is the Love & Sex section editor at BlogHer and is the primary blogger at FeministaJones.com, a blog devoted to promoting sex-positive discussions on social media, deconstruction of social norms/restrictions, challenging standard feminist theory (and making feminism accessible to more women in the process), giving voice to man-loving feminist women, exploring alternative sexual identities through a feminist lens, teaching and advising, and all around fun. By day, she is a mental health social work administrator in NYC. By night she is a freelance writer and editor, whose work has appeared in TIME, EBONY, Washington Post, Mashable, Salon, and more.
Women’s History Month House Parties
Throughout Women’s History Month this March, we encourage all of our Women for Hillary volunteers to host house parties in your communities to showcase the impact that Hillary Clinton has had on women and girls throughout her career. We can provide you with talking points, as well as work with you to provide a surrogate for a conference call during your party.
When you’re ready, set up your official event link here.
LAST DAY Before Michigan Primary – Help Us Make Calls
Finally, an important ask before the primaries tomorrow – please help make calls into Michigan and other states by clicking here. You can make calls every day from 9:00am – 9:00pm local time. The Michigan primary is a crucial contest, and mobilizing voters before tomorrow is critical.
This must read is addressed to her Wellesley sisters by a Wellesley grad, but I see it as having a broader scope. Here is why.
Although I appreciated all of the work that my predecessors had done for me and my generation of women, I did not fully comprehend the extent of what they had gone through in order to lift me up onto their shoulders so that I might see further and reach higher than they were ever permitted. I also did not appreciate how incredibly dangerous it is for women to live in a world where sexism is alive and well, but people believe it to be dead. When people believe sexism to be dead, they become less vigilant about losing all of the gains we have made towards equality. When people believe sexism to be dead, women who are victims are made out to be liars. When people believe sexism to be dead just because it has become more subtle, women, like myself in those taxi rides, become silenced.
Esther Jang has authored a persuasive essay that Hillary supporters may find useful in speaking to women of any age, but especially the young, who are either Bernie supporters or are fence sitters – the “I-don’t-know girls.” No matter who we are or how old, we all stand on shoulders of giants.
For women in particular, as we are about to embark on Women’s History Month, a visit to the struggles of the past is more than useful and instructive. It is essential. As Esther Jang points out, there is deadly danger in the assumption that the work is complete.
One issue, recently, that highlights the urgency of a Hillary vote: Zika. When the Pope says OK to birth control, you have to know that we are dealing with a crisis of potentially monumental proportions.
In case you missed it last night, this.
Add Zika to the equation. News flash to young women: It is not your moms, aunts, and grandmas whose future is threatened by this crisis. It is yours.
One candidate has fought all of her adult life for women’s rights. One candidate is experienced, qualified, and equipped to deal with this crisis as it grows.
Nothing is a done deal. The struggle remains. Esther Jang provides reasons to be on the right side – no matter whether or where you studied, hope to study, or what you do or plan to do. Please read this and share it widely – broadly, even!
A few weeks ago, I got into a taxi and started chatting with my driver about politics. He asked me who I would be voting for, and when I replied, “Hillary,” his immediate reaction was, “Is it just because she’s a woman?” I wanted to say to him, “Are you supporting ____ just because you both have dicks?” but I refrained and continued my ride in silence.
A few weeks before that, I got into a taxi and my driver asked me what I did. When I told him that I worked for Venmo, his immediate reaction was, “You do UX or Design, right?” I wanted to say to him, “No. Also, our Head of Engineering is a woman,” but again, I refrained and continued my ride in silence.
Now that I have lived a handful of years outside of Wellesley, I find myself being silenced by the sheer exhaustion of having to deal with this type of subtle sexism every day.
Saying “some woman some day” is a cop out. There has never in our history been a candidate like this one. This woman. NOW!
Parenthetically: (Let’s dispense with the notion that propaganda is, by definition, false and/or negative. There are many models of propaganda and a long history. The epistemic model assigns no positive/negative valences. This post, by the epistemic definition, is propaganda. It is intended to persuade.)
In honor of Women’s History Month, the Clinton Foundation and the Clinton School of Public Service will host a dynamic panel on empowerment of women and girls. From women’s suffrage movement in America to the Arab Spring, countless exceptional women have redefined their role in the world on their own terms. Yet the reality for many girls and women is still stark: over 60 million girls still do not have access to primary education. The education and empowerment of girls and women is not only a moral issue—it is also a critical economic issue. The panel discussion will explore the people and projects that are working to empower women and girls.
Panelists include:
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Penny Abeywadena, Head of Girls & Women, Associate Director, Commitments with the Clinton Global Initiative
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Jimmie Briggs, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Man Up Campaign
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Ruby Johnson, General Co-Coordinator, FRIDA/The Young Feminist Fund
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Jerry Jones, Chief Ethics and Legal Officer, EVP, Acxiom
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Sarah Kambou, President, International Center for Research on Women
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Immaculee Kayitare, Clinton School of Public Service Class of 2014 student from Kigali, Rwanda
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Sarah Thorn, Senior Director, Federal Government Relations, Walmart
When: Monday, March 17, 2014 at 6:00 p.m.
Where: Clinton Presidential Center, Great Hall
*Program is free and open to the public. However, reservations are required. Reserve your seats by emailing publicprograms@clintonschool.uasys.edu or calling (501) 683-5239.
It is an honor to have been selected to initiate the blog tour for this beautiful book from Viva Editions. Co-authored by Mary Anne Radmacher and Liz Kalloch, SHE (She Harnesses Everything) celebrates, as the cover states, “the greatness in every woman.”
Filled with inspirational quotations from women in all walks of life, it is elegantly illustrated, a lovely integration of literary and fine art. These excerpts, with a spotlight on words from our Hillary, exemplify the richness of the text and illustrations.
Here are the bios of the authors along with their message to readers.
In one of her first appearances since leaving the State Dept., Clinton will join some of the world’s most inspirational women at our fourth Women in the World Summit.
In one of her first appearances since leaving the State Department, former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton will be joining the Women in the World Summit to be held April 4 and 5 at New York’s Lincoln Center. The annual summit, now in its fourth year, illuminates global issues through the voices of leaders, activists, artists, and pioneers who are confronting the most urgent challenges faced by women and girls around the world.
Secretary-General Praises ‘Visionary’ Leadership of Michelle Bachelet,
Following Announcement by UN-Women Chief of Departure
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s statement on the announcement by Michelle Bachelet of her departure as Executive Director of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN-Women):
Ms. Michelle Bachelet has informed me of her intention to step down as Executive Director of UN-Women. I would like to express my tremendous gratitude for her outstanding service.
Michelle Bachelet was the right person in the right job at the right time. Her visionary leadership gave UN-Women the dynamic start it needed. Her fearlessness in advocating for women’s rights raised the global profile of this key issue. Her drive and compassion enabled her to mobilize and make a difference for millions of people across the world.
Her record of achievement includes new steps to protect women and girls from violence, new advances on health, and a new understanding that women’s empowerment must be at the core of all we do at the United Nations. This is a stellar legacy, and I am determined to build on it.
I thank Ms. Bachelet for her contributions and wish her every success as she embarks on the next chapter in her extraordinary life. She will always have a home at the United Nations, and I am confident that she will continue to advance our shared goals for a better future.
Just wondering who out there might be qualified to replace her. Someone who right now has no official position to prevent her from accepting. Many saw a certain person we know pretty well taking a position like this at some point. Someone Michelle knows and respects. Someone who lives in NY and for whom Michelle might have been willing to place-hold for awhile … until she was available. Someone married to another UN employee. I don’t know! Can you think of anyone? Anyone? Anyone?
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"... ratify the Law of the Sea Convention, which has provided the international framework for exploring these new opportunities in the Arctic. We abide by the international law that undergirds the convention, but we think the United States should be a member, because the convention sets down the rules of the road that protect freedom of navigation, provide maritime security, serve the interests of every nation that relies on sea lanes for commerce and trade, and also sets the framework for exploration for the natural resources that may be present in the Arctic." -HRC, 06-03-12, Tromso Norway
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