Women

A story about the struggles of Nepalese women migrant workers, from the United Nations.

In the Wall Street Journal today, Peter Berkowitz weighs in on the controversy surrounding French President Nicholas Sarkozy’s call to ban the Muslim face veil. Berkowitz argues that France has unique reasons why it should ban women from wearing the Muslim face veil. He is right that France is in a unique situation. He’s wrong to think it means the country should ban the veil.

The Daily Beast's Women in the World conference featured a panel discussion about the challenges faced by girls and adolescents in the developing world.  Katie Couric moderated the panel, which included Queen Rania of Jordan; UN Foundation CEO Kathy Calvin; Kakenya Ntaiya of the Kakenya Center for Excellence; Helen Amdemikael, Assistant Representative for the United Nations Population Fund, Ethiopia; and an amazing 16-year-old student from the Philippines, Donnady.  The panel also kicked off the UN Foundtion's new

It is a good week to be thinking about gender equality and women’s rights.  International Women's Day, which was on Monday, was celebrated around the world.  At the United Nations this week over 700 government officials, thousands NGO leaders, and even a few celebrities have assembled for the 54th meeting of the Commission on the Status of Women.