Women and Girls

Amy Sullivan 4-01-2006

The politics of abortion has been dominated by extreme views on either side, but now voters are looking for solutions, not slogans.

'How many of you are both pro-life and against the death penalty?'

The remarkable thing about Renny Golden’s writing is that it provides a bridge of understanding between a silenced, disenfranchised community and those who need to hear what that community

Rose Marie Berger 2-01-2006

Robert Ellsberg is an editor’s editor.

Josh Andersen 2-01-2006

Does Ricky Martin's sexed-up music undercut his anti-trafficking activism?

Rose Marie Berger 1-01-2006

Members of Women’s Will, an Iraqi human rights organization, demonstrate outside the Ministry of Human Rights in Baghdad for better treatment of prisoners.

Dale Hanson Bourke 12-01-2005

Overcoming the mythology of AIDS.

Uncut Sojourners interview with Desmond Tutu's successor, South African Archbishop Njonkulu Ndungane.

Elizabeth Palmberg 6-01-2005

... And everyone eats.' Why women are key to fighting global poverty.

Heidi Schlumpf 3-01-2005

Sex abuse scandal, priest shortages, celibacy, ordaining women: The issues roiling the Catholic Church offer challenges - and hope? - for the future.

Rose Marie Berger 2-01-2005

An interview with Palestinian leader Hanan Ashrawi on feminism, faith, and the future of the Palestinian cause.

Asra Q. Nomani 1-01-2005

A historic reform movement is taking shape in the Muslim world.

Rose Marie Berger 11-01-2004

Worldwide, women seek to reclaim their countries from violence

Charles Strohmer 10-01-2004

Since 9-11 the capacity of Islam for renewal and change has become a central issue in the complex religious and political give-and-take that now surrounds relations between the West and the Muslim community worldwide.

Five young women—survivors of child and youth sex trafficking in New York City, Chicago, Minneapolis, and San Francisco—came to Washington, D.C., this winter to share their stories and discuss solutions to a problem that affects an estimated 300,000 youth in the United States annually.

Ivy George 6-01-2004

I contemplated motherhood well aware that at many points the line between private matters and public affairs was faint and broken.

Heidi Schlumpf 6-01-2004

When you're Christian, progressive, and "pro-life," voting your conscience is often easier said than done.

Jim Wallis 6-01-2004

There are millions of votes at stake in this liberal miscalculation.

Jesse Holcomb 5-01-2004

Iranian women experience the transformative power of fiction.

Linda Crockett 4-01-2004

Why are churches silent about family violence?