NYT Magazine dedicated to women in developing countries
16:07, 24 August 2009
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The August 24 issue of The New York Times Magazine is dedicated to international women's issues.
"There’s a growing recognition among everyone from the World Bank to the U.S. military’s Joint Chiefs of Staff to aid organizations like CARE that focusing on women and girls is the most effective way to fight global poverty and extremism. That’s why foreign aid is increasingly directed to women. The world is awakening to a powerful truth: Women and girls aren’t the problem; they’re the solution."
See:
- The Women’s Crusade (the main article of the magazine)
- A New Gender Agenda (an interview with Hillary Clinton)
- A School Bus for Shamsia (about an effort to secure a school bus for girls attending the Mirwais Mena School for Girls, per the recent acid attack on girls walking to the school)
- Do-It-Yourself Foreign Aid (a list of ways you can donate and advocate to help women in the developing world)
For even more information, here is list of organizations working to help women in the developing world, compiled by volunteers at the Aid Workers Network.
And for those of you working anywhere, trying to contribute to anything, remember: you do not have to be a gender specialist to mainstream women's issues in your work
