Mar 10 2010
The Daily Beast has added more material to their section Women in the World.
Here is a video from Liya Kebede: Why Are So Many Mothers Dying?
Supermodel Liya Kebede tells Plum TV about her quest to end the easily preventable deaths of mothers around the world. Plus, Read Kebede’s article on her journey to philanthropy.
Watch for [...]
Mar 07 2010
Edna Adan will visit New York City next weekend to participate in the Daily Beast’s Women in the World Summit and she will appear on one of the panels.
The following is from Tina Brown, editor of The Daily Beast.
Now, I’m thrilled to announce The Daily Beast will be producing a compelling live event that [...]
Mar 04 2010
Encouraging news out of Afghanistan:
Some mullahs in Afghanistan are distributing condoms. Others are quoting the Quran to encourage longer breaks between births. Health experts say contraception is starting to catch on in a country with the world’s second highest maternal death rate.
Afghanistan has one of the world’s highest fertility rates, averaging more than six [...]
Mar 04 2010
Our friend Nicolas Kristof writes in today’s New York Times about a child-bride in Yemen – which is located very near to Somaliland – who was granted a divorce at the age of ten. She is now a best-selling author! Nujood’s memoir spent five weeks as the No. 1 best-seller in France. It is being [...]
Feb 05 2010
February 6 is the International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting and a panel was convened by Nicholas Kristof at the conference last week in Davos, Switzerland to discuss the issue:
An estimated 120 to 140 million women have been subject to this harmful and dangerous practice and 3 million girls continue to be at risk [...]
Dec 27 2009
In this review of Half the Sky in the NY Review of Books, Sue Halpern discusses the plight of women in the developing world.
For Westerners, the words “gender inequality” are likely to suggest pay differentials and glass ceilings and old-boy networks. For the women and girls Kristof and WuDunn write about, gender inequality is [...]
Dec 22 2009
A writer at the Huffington Post has suggested that Nicolas Kristof’s book Half the Sky should be considered the most important book of the decade. Steve Leveen writes:
But what if we could have known in 1962, the year of its publication, that Silent Spring would contain a message of change necessary to save our very [...]
Dec 13 2009
Edna Adan was at the University of Pretoria this past Thursday to accept the Chancellor’s Medal for her outstanding contribution to humanity, and particularly with regard to helping the under-privileged people of Somaliland to realize their right to health.
Here is the original article by Saeed Mohamed
Dr. Edna Adan spoke at the university’s graduation ceremonies [...]
Sep 26 2009
Nicholas Kristof has taped a full one hour on Oprah where he speaks about his new book, Half the Sky, in which Edna Adan is featured prominently.
This Oprah program is tentatively scheduled for broadcast on Thursday, October 1.
Sep 26 2009
The Clinton Global Initiative web site has made available video of the entire panel discussion PLENARY SESSION: INVESTING IN GIRLS AND WOMEN. Just click on the link and then click on WATCH NOW link near the photo of Edna Adan.
At a time when the world finds itself on an unsustainable course, facing [...]
Sep 24 2009
The Clinton Global Initiative, meeting in New York City, has issued the following press release:
Corporations, NGOs, and Foundations Announce 13 New Commitments to Empower Girls and Women at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Clinton Global Initiative
New York, NY – Millions of girls and women will have access to improved health care, better education, and [...]
Sep 21 2009
Edna Adan is visiting New York this week, where she will participate in a panel discussion at the Clinton Global Initiative.
What: Plenary Session: Investing in Girls and Women
Date: Sept. 23, 2009
Time: 9:00 – 10:30 AM
Every problem in the world is exacerbated by gender inequality. Even though women make up 50 percent of the [...]
Sep 07 2009
Pullitzer Prize winner and NY Times columnist Nicolas Kristof has taped a full hour program with Oprah where he discusses his new book, Half the Sky, which prominently features Edna Adan. We don’t yet know the exact date that the show will be broadcast but is expected to be shown in early October. Watch for [...]
Aug 19 2009
New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof and his wife Sheryl WuDunn will publish their new book in September, Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide. That book is previewed in the NY Times Sunday magazine issue of August 23, 2009 and it can be read online here: The Womens Crusade. Edna Adan [...]
Jul 06 2009
Here is the transcript of the forthcoming video where Edna Adan appeals to the world to get help for a young woman whose face was destroyed when she was shot – shot in the face when she was only two years old!
I would like to speak to you about the case of [...]