The first time Christy Turlington-Burns, Dr. Rebekah Gee, Jennie Joseph and I got to share the stage together was earlier this year at SXSW in Austin, Texas. The four of us clicked instantly and though Christy had worked with each of us individually, SXSW was the first time we all met. It was so powerful […]
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I never imagined I could die giving birth in America, but I almost did. These were the words I wrote for an article in Women in the World four years ago, but this Mother’s Day, MSNBC featured myself and my piece to raise awareness about America’s rising maternal morality rate. Watch here:
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*This article of mine is published on Women in the World/ New York Times.* More than 500,000 Rohingya refugees have fled Myanmar seeking refuge in nearby Bangladesh since August. That accounts for half of Burma’s extremely persecuted ethnic minority Rohingya population. Although the group has been oppressed by the Burmese military and government for decades, this recent exodus can be traced back
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Technically, it is not even Mother’s Day in the US yet, but this year my gift arrived early all courtesy of The New York Times/Women in the World. We get so caught up in flowers and chocolate, but the real gift for mothers, on this day to celebrate us, is really having ourselves and our
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Despite spending almost a decade as a feminist policy analyst, I always felt the urgency of investing in women, specifically in our health and in our rights, was a cause most policymakers in Capitol Hill could not grasp. How can lawmakers understand that legislation they author impact women and girls globally? More importantly, how can
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This September, Bangladesh is expected to stand out as the “development star” when countries meet at the United Nations in New York to reaffirm their commitments to the UN’s Millennium Development Goals. The 2015 deadline is looming on the goals, which include ending poverty, achieving gender equality, and improving world health. Bangladesh’s achievements may be
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