Equal Rights for Women is a major category, like energy or climate change, of sustainability and the voices in this collection are of the present and the past.
If we don't address human rights and social justice of which the sustainability keywords and phrases include children's rights and welfare; human trafficking, slavery, and women's rights and roles, then as David Korten points out, we will not be able to come to terms with the limits of the planet and not even technology will be able to save us.
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Capitalism, Imperialism, Feminism: Monique Wilson & Agnes Pareyio |
Capitalism, Imperialism, Feminism: Monique Wilson & Agnes Pareyio | #GRITtv Agnes Pareyio was named the United Nations in Kenya Person of the Year in 2005. She is the founder and director of two safe houses for girls in Kenya, established for young women and girls fleeing Female Genital Mutilation and early marriage. She has also been a candidate for Kenyan Parliament. Monique Wilson played the lead in the hit musical Ms. Saigon, she’s now the Director of International Affairs of the Gabriela Women’s Party, a national alliance of grassroots women¹s organizations in the Philippines. Monique is also director of the One Billion Rising campaign. We also look back in time at the women of the civil rights movement, and their direct action organizing against white supremacy. And Laura has some important words In celebration of International Women's Day, GRITtv featuring leaders of the global women's movement, Agnes Pareyio and Monique Wilson plus a look at women of color's fight for rights with Standing on My Sister's Shoulders and Hillary Clinton's White Feminism with Laura's F-Word. Published on Mar 3, 2015
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EarthSayers Agnes Pareyio; Monique Wilsom |
Dissecting the Diversity Problem: STEM Leadership in Tech (panel)
Disrupting the Narrative: Unlocking Stories of Diversity in Tech
Emerging Women Live Conferences
Design a Crime for Social Impact by Jasmina Tesanovic
I am Rising...Lily Tomlin
UN Millennium Development Goals and Gender Equality by Anita Sharma
Connecting Women and STEM by Dr. Ekemini Udofa
The new generation of women climate leaders
About One Billion Rising Event on February 14, 2013
What Gender Reconciliation Looks Like by Cynthia Brix
Science stories ? Equilibrium: Where are the women?
Eve Ensler Extends Her Gratitude
Aisha's Song
1 Billion Rising - February 14, 2013
I Am Rising...by Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
Empowering Women and Youth in the Face of Emerging Technologies | Lesly Goh | TEDxBostonCollege
How empowering women and girls can help stop global warming with Katharine Wilkinson
The Political Butterfly Effect with Catherine MacKinnon
Gender Balance is Our Business by Sodexo
Violence Strikes 1 in 3 Women Globally by Jeni G. Klugman
Healthcare Organizations Address C-Suite Gender Gap
"I Am Rising...Marta Coronado from Chicago, IL
Billie Jean King Congratulates Dr. Bernice Sandler
The Equality Effect
I Am Rising... by Nousha Salimi of Iran
Women's Economic Empowerment with Amanda Donigi and others
Getting Mad then Inspired - Dr. Bernice Sandler Interview
I'm Rising...by Ted Turner Laura Turner Seydel
Worklife and Friendship by Ruth Ann Barrett
How Bella Abzug changed credit laws
The Changing Power of Women by Gifty Pearl Abenaab of Ghana
Women's independence through work
Global Ambassadors Program Overview by Vital Voices
Jimmy Carter on Women, Religion, Violence and Power
Crowd sourcing the feminine intelligence of the planet: Jensine Larsen
10 Reasons Why Schneider Electric Integrates the Bloomberg Gender-Equality Index
I am rising...Jessica Alba
Women in the Workplace 2015 from LeanIN.org/McKinsey
150 Corporations Take Action on Diversity and Inclusion in the Workplace
Equal Rights Agendment (ERA)
Fostering gender equality and empowerment by the IDA
Pro Mujer celebrates its 20th Anniversary
Ethics in Business: Diversity, In Their Own Words
Meet Luisa Daniel Pérez
I'm Rising Against Violence Against Women by Canadian Adrian Dix
Join Bay Area One Billion Rising Flash Mob in SF Feb. 14th!
Faith in Women by Reverend Lucy Winkett
Gender Equality by the OECD
Women in the Workplace (2017) by Charlotte Relyea
But where are you Really from? Resolving Unconscious Bias | Rehman Abdulrehman | TEDxWpg
I Am Rising a Union of Values by Herman Van Rompuy
Tackling gender equality in the United Kingdom
Looks Count: The Few Women in Science,Tech,Engineering and Math
State of Female Revolution by #GRITtv on International Women's Day
A Conversation with Hillary Rodham Clinton
Women Make Gains in C-Suite Positions - CSR Minute/3BL Media
Dear Woman: Mainfesto for Conscious Men
Women Deliver by Jill Sheffield