As we gear up for the new year ahead and new leadership in the White House, the fate and well-being of hundreds of thousands of women around the world hangs in the balance.
So despite Arianna Huffington’s advice to get some sleep, I went back to my hotel last night to blog about the day. And after a very active sleep, I headed over to TEDWomen this morning just in time to catch the “Duets” section of today’s conference. Still frenetic…
I arrived in Washington, DC yesterday for the much anticipated and first ever,TEDWomen Conference. TED is a small nonprofit devoted to Ideas Worth Spreading. Through its annual conferences along with TEDx and TEDTalks video site, it provides an incredible forum for…
Directly and indirectly, HIV severely affects the health of women and children worldwide. Achieving targets to keeping mothers healthy and eliminating mother-to-child transmission of HIV is a key component…
I met Lightness in Tanzania about a year ago.
Orginally posted on The Globe and Mail
I met Lightness in Tanzania about a year ago. She was sitting on the side of a road, just 16 years…