Liberia’s Leymah Gbowee Talks Maternal Health through Peace
Gbowee said, “You can’t talk about maternal mortality without looking at the implications of peace and conflict.”
Category: Interviews
Kristine Pearson: Tackling Energy Poverty
“If we can get education and information to rural women in Africa, then you start to change outcomes.” Pearson underscored that women were “information have-nots.”
Mae Jemison: Insights from a Barrier-Breaking Astronaut
A classic pro-active personality, Jemison maintained, “The choices we make create the realities of today and tomorrow.”
An Interview with Dr. Diane M. Harper
“The most important point that I have always said from day one, is that the use of this vaccine must be done with informed consent and complete disclosure of the benefits and harms of Pap screening and HPV vaccines. The decision to be vaccinated must be the woman’s (or parent’s if it is for a young child), and not the physician’s or any board of health, as the vaccination contains personal risk that only the person can value.
Sakena Yacoobi’s Vision for Afghanistan
Yacoobi sees education as the portal to rebuilding her country. In the mid-1990s, she created and implemented a network of eighty underground home schools after the Taliban outlawed education for girls.
Emma Thompson, Featured in “Fatal Promises, Speaks Out on Human Trafficking
Prominently featured in Fatal Promises is actress and activist Emma Thompson. In addition to making powerful public service announcements, Thompson is the co-curator (with Elena, a trafficking survivor), of the interactive art installation Journey. The work puts the viewer directly into the experience of a sexually trafficked woman.
What Would You Do If You Woke Up Tomorrow and You Were Beautiful?
Everyday young girls and women are being bombarded with images that set the standards for what constitutes visual attractiveness in our culture. Margaret Cho knows about these strictures first hand, and addresses them in her standup comedy special on Showtime entitled “Beautiful.”
Tracey Ullman Examines the “State of the Union”
Ullman scrutinized how stewardesses from the Middle East and Singapore still have the “I Dream of Jeanie” outfits, reflecting the male corporate ideal. Ullman morphed into an American aviation executive when she exclaimed, “Goddamn it! We lost control of how we make the girls look.”
