It’s The No. 1 Country For Women In Politics — But Not In Daily Life
The war led to Rwanda’s “Rosie the Riveter” moment: It opened the workplace to Rwandan women just as World War II had opened it to American women.
The war led to Rwanda’s “Rosie the Riveter” moment: It opened the workplace to Rwandan women just as World War II had opened it to American women.
Timely for the September 21 International Day of Peace, the National Organization for Women (NOW) has announced a resolution demanding a halt to federal arms dealing both at home and abroad.
I’m keenly aware that for the generations that came of age after me, or are coming of age now, like my 25-year-old daughter, this moment validates their self-confidence and sense of possibility in a very different way. They haven’t been asking themselves, “Can a woman be president?” To millennials, the answer is self-evident: Of course she can.
The United States hit a milestone moment last month when Hillary Clinton became the first woman to win a major political party’s presidential nomination.
That’s important progress. It’s also not nearly enough.
In Donald Trump’s mind, child care is something he wants for the well-off parents who can afford rooms at his luxury resorts, but not for the people who work so hard to make those families comfortable.