Women’s Freedom Forum mourns the death of our beloved WFF Board Member, Sister Louise Akers, Sisters of Charity. She was a stalwart supporter of women’s rights, human rights and issues that affect all humanity. Her guidance and direction will be missed by so many whom she touched in the world. We are...
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Report on CSW62 Parallel Event: Challenges & Opportunities in Empowering Rural Girls
On March 15, 2018 in commemoration of International Women’s Day, Women’s Freedom Forum held a parallel event at the United Nations CSW62 (Commission on the Status of Women 62) in New York. The Panel Discussion titled, “Challenges & Opportunities in Empowering Rural Girls for SDG5″ took place at the Armenian Convention...
Happy International Women’s Day
On behalf of the WFF Team: Happy international women’s day to all of you who’ve led us to this moment. Cheers to women who have built each other up, and champions who are leading. United, we can achieve anything. #WomensDay for #SDG5 among all other basic rights! We are the force for change
Advancement of Women – February 16, 2017
The unsung heroes of the civil rights movement are black women you’ve never heard of USA Today, February 16, 2018: Many heroes of the civil rights movement are women you’ve probably never heard of. History remembers the male leaders in the fight for human rights, but without women, so many victories...
CSW62 Invitation: Challenges & Opportunities in Empowering Rural Girls for SDG5
In commemoration of International Women’s Day during the United Nations CSW62 (Commission on the Status of Women 62) Join the Panel Discussion Challenges & Opportunities in Empowering Rural Girls for SDG5 March 15, 2018 | 2:30PM The Armenian Convention Center Room: Vartan Hall (630 2nd Ave, New York, NY 10016)...
Oprah Winfrey’s rousing Golden Globes speech
(CNN) January 10, 2018: Oprah Winfrey accepted the Cecil B. DeMille Award for lifetime achievement at the Golden Globes on Sunday and delivered a moving speech that brought men and women in the audience to their feet. Below is a full transcript of Winfrey’s acceptance speech. In 1964, I was a...
Advancement of Women – January 22, 2017
Africa’s first elected woman president has transformed Liberia Newsweek – January 22, 2018: On Monday, Liberia inaugurated a new president and the nation’s first female vice president, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf ended her presidency the way she began it—shattering precedent. The first woman to be elected president of an African nation has become the...
Amb. Haley’s Remarks at an Emergency UN Security Council Briefing on Iran
Remarks at an Emergency UN Security Council Briefing on Iran Ambassador Nikki Haley U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations U.S. Mission to the United Nations January 5, 2018 AS DELIVERED Thank you, Mr. President, and Happy New Year to all of the members of the Security Council and the...
Change: When it’s NOT Your Friend – by Carole Fontaine
Carole Fontaine’s article on Fembotmag.com (Not for profit, anti-troll, anti-islamophobia, trans & race inclusive, intersectional feminist media blog) Fembotmag.com – December 30, 2017: Change is one of those ambivalent features of human life: like it or not, we will all encounter it. As an embodied creature living on a linear...