On March 6, President Obama announced his intent to nominate Melanne Verveer as the first ever Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women’s Issues. She’ll report directly to Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. The office and the officeholder couldn’t be more appropriate. In 1992 Melanne headed the Washington Transition Office of the soon-to-be First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton. [...]
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Congratulations to Anna Bligh, premier of Queensland, for her convincing win in Saturday’s state election. She came from behind, proving the polls wrong and, in the process, became the first woman in Australia to be elected Premier. March 11, 2009 — Updated 0233 GMT (1033 HKT) From Elise Labott WASHINGTON (CNN) — The power of women hit the State Department on Wednesday when first lady Michelle Obama joined Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to celebrate champions of women’s rights around the world. Michelle Obama and Hillary Clinton present the State Department Women [...] MEDIA RELEASE: THE PARADOX OF SERVICE Life for former Catholic Church nuns who leave their order is often a sorry story of poverty, mental and physical ill health, social isolation and emotional pain, a report released by the Victorian Women’s Trust today has revealed. This landmark research, the first of its kind to be undertaken in Australia, [...] |
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