A Celebration of Women™ is elated to Celebrate the Life of a very generous and awakened male energy. This unsung hero has devoted his life to helping others, and is now here to help the women of our world, as he embraces the vision, comprehends the state of our planet and has the desire and heart to Take Action. MAN of ACTION™ Mr. Bill Harwood In 1973, I was an established tenure track Faculty member and administrator at Antioch … [Read more...]
Yoko Ono celebrates International Widow’s Day – JUNE 23
June 23, 2012 by
International Widows Day is a United Nations ratified day of action to address the “poverty and injustice faced by millions of widows and their dependents in many countries”. The day takes place annually on 23 June. International Widows Day was established by The Loomba Foundation to raise awareness of the issue of widowhood. The significance of 23 June is that it was on that day in 1954 that Shrimati Pushpa Wati Loomba - mother of the Foundation’s founder, Lord Loomba – herself became a … [Read more...]
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton – ‘speaking out about gender equality’
May 25, 2012 by
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has been speaking out about gender equality in the international arena since at least 1995, when she delivered a forceful message on women’s rights as human rights at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women. So it was no surprise that the rights of rural women figured prominently in her remarks last week at the Symposium on Global Agriculture and Food Security. Organized by the Chicago Council on Global Affairs and held in Washington, DC, … [Read more...]
Council on Women and Girls – Economy, Violence Awareness, and More
September 16, 2011 by
Friday, September 16, 2011 Weekly Women's Update Welcome to the Council on Women and Girls Weekly Highlights! Greetings Everyone – This has been an extremely busy week here at The White House and around the country. One week after his speech to a joint session of Congress announcing the American Jobs Act, the President has sent this bill to Capitol Hill and has been traveling the country talking to Americans about what this would mean for job creation, if … [Read more...]
Hillary R. Clinton, Secretary of State meets with Foreign Minister Dr. Zalmai Rassoul
November 18, 2010 by
November 17, 2010 Foreign Minister Dr. Zalmai Rassoul Meets Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton Foreign Minister Dr. Zalmai Rassoul held a bilateral meeting with Secretary of State Hillary R. Clinton today at the Department of State in Washington DC as the Foreign Minister Rassoul and his counterpart discussed a number of key bilateral issues in preparation to the NATO Summit meetings of Heads of … [Read more...]
