My hands have touched so many things. The coffee pot on grandmother’s stove. Purple irises in her garden. Delicate thin petals. Long green stems. Midsummer dandelions. Creek mud. Broken corn stalks. Soil. Root hairs. The possibility of earth[...]

On July 2, 2010, the United Nations General Assembly voted unanimously to create a new gender entity, led by an Under-Secretary-General, that pulls together four previously distinct parts of the UN system dedicated to women’s advancement:[...]

Grameen America opened its doors in January 2008 in the most unexpected of places – in Jackson Heights, a neighborhood in Queens, New York City. In June 2009, a second office opened in Omaha, Nebraska. Although the United States is worlds[...]

On February 4th, Danone Communities' Social Business Fan Art project brought together almost 3,000 people – including Prof Muhammad Yunus – to discuss Social Business initiatives. Before this event (in Paris, France), volunteers created a[...]

Women’s Worldwide Web is dedicated to improving lives everywhere, in cities and in rural areas, in the northern and southern hemispheres.  We work to alleviate poverty and to help women to create and sustain better lives for themselves and[...]