Can women write?
Well, they can pick up a pen, surely. But do they need gender-exclusive paths to the Cocktail Party of Greatness? It’s an old debate,…
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Calling women media-makers in East Africa!
I know media-makers is a weird term, but when I look around, I see media everywhere. Journalists are the easiest to spot, but there’s…
Read MoreWomen as anti-corruption weapons
Not long ago, a short article I wrote for the Christian Science Monitor, about Rwanda’s majority female parliament, prompted a wee spat in this…
Read MoreAre women less corrupt then men?
Last week, I contributed a short piece to the Christian Science Monitor magazine cover story about women breaking through glass ceilings in politcs around…
Read MoreWhy a “girl” can’t “change her mind” about rape
“can a girl change her mind about rape”? Dear Internet surfer who put that into Google and ended up on my blog: No. Rape…
Read MoreSketches from the Liberia notebooks…
A farmer on the outskirts of Saniquellie, Liberia, itself on the outskirts of the town Ganta, itself near little but Guinea… I ask, “Do…
Read More"She left out the ladel! We're sending her back and getting a new wife."
One of my Rwandan friends is getting married soon, and it turns out that getting married here requires a lot of stuff. The wife,…
Read MoreAnd to your left, the rare spotted owl…
“Gender Observatory established in Rwanda” (It’s actually not that interesting; the government is establishing a department to watch the mainstreaming of gender and the…
Read MoreFrom Rwanda’s female-dominated parliament to Alaska’s hockey mom…
It’s a long trip, perhaps. Here’s an interesting piece from Salon, not for its politics, but for its insightful consideration of the way the…
Read MoreA step, or a leap, or maybe nothing at all, for African women
About a week ago, the Christian Science Monitor ran an article I wrote from Sierra Leone on a new law protecting women in war…
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