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 |
I Am Rising a Union of Values by Herman Van Rompuy
Equal Rights Agendment (ERA)
Looks Count: The Few Women in Science,Tech,Engineering and Math
The Changing Power of Women by Gifty Pearl Abenaab of Ghana
Crowd sourcing the feminine intelligence of the planet: Jensine Larsen
Worklife and Friendship by Ruth Ann Barrett
Join Bay Area One Billion Rising Flash Mob in SF Feb. 14th!
Violence Strikes 1 in 3 Women Globally by Jeni G. Klugman
Gender Equality by the OECD
Ethics in Business: Diversity, In Their Own Words
Getting Mad then Inspired - Dr. Bernice Sandler Interview
I Am Rising...by Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky
Eve Ensler Extends Her Gratitude
Jimmy Carter on Women, Religion, Violence and Power
Women Deliver by Jill Sheffield
Meet Luisa Daniel Pérez
Capitalism, Imperialism, Feminism: Monique Wilson & Agnes Pareyio
Tackling gender equality in the United Kingdom
Women in the Workplace 2015 from LeanIN.org/McKinsey
State of Female Revolution by #GRITtv on International Women's Day
1 Billion Rising - February 14, 2013
Women in the Workplace (2017) by Charlotte Relyea
"I Am Rising...Marta Coronado from Chicago, IL
Women's independence through work
But where are you Really from? Resolving Unconscious Bias | Rehman Abdulrehman | TEDxWpg
About One Billion Rising Event on February 14, 2013
I am Rising...Lily Tomlin
Global Ambassadors Program Overview by Vital Voices
Aisha's Song
The Equality Effect
I'm Rising...by Ted Turner Laura Turner Seydel
How empowering women and girls can help stop global warming with Katharine Wilkinson
Billie Jean King Congratulates Dr. Bernice Sandler
Dissecting the Diversity Problem: STEM Leadership in Tech (panel)
Faith in Women by Reverend Lucy Winkett
The new generation of women climate leaders
Fostering gender equality and empowerment by the IDA
I'm Rising Against Violence Against Women by Canadian Adrian Dix
How Bella Abzug changed credit laws
Empowering Women and Youth in the Face of Emerging Technologies | Lesly Goh | TEDxBostonCollege
What Gender Reconciliation Looks Like by Cynthia Brix
Connecting Women and STEM by Dr. Ekemini Udofa
Science stories ? Equilibrium: Where are the women?
Dear Woman: Mainfesto for Conscious Men
Pro Mujer celebrates its 20th Anniversary
Disrupting the Narrative: Unlocking Stories of Diversity in Tech
Women's Economic Empowerment with Amanda Donigi and others
I am rising...Jessica Alba
How women can save the planet | RSA Events
A Conversation with Hillary Rodham Clinton
The Political Butterfly Effect with Catherine MacKinnon
Emerging Women Live Conferences
Design a Crime for Social Impact by Jasmina Tesanovic
I Am Rising... by Nousha Salimi of Iran