Feb 17, 2021A conversation with Latisha Chisholm, LICSWFebruary 17th, 2021 Latisha Chisholm is the Dean of Students and Assistant Principal at Bard High School Early College DC in Washington, D.C. She’s the former manager of the District of Columbia Public Schools (DCPS) Connected Schools Program at Anacostia High School, where we first met Latisha and jointly explored…Education8 min readEducation8 min read
Jan 5, 2021ICRW Tribute to Justice Ruth Bader GinsburgSeptember 25th, 2020 “Ruth combined unique qualities of mind and heart. A brilliant brain stressing logic and reason, relentless pursuit of a principled goal, precision, persistence, and an enormous capacity for hard work were her hallmarks — no flourishes or exaggerations just the facts. Small talk and a wish to…7 min read7 min read
Jan 4, 2021A conversation with Actress Malia BakerA conversation with actress Malia Baker January 4th, 2021 Malia Baker is an actress perhaps best known for her role as Mary-Anne in Netflix’s series The Baby-Sitter’s Club. From a young age, she was interested in the arts, with both of her parents setting the stage for the passion that arose in her. From dance to…Gender Equality7 min readGender Equality7 min read
Nov 8, 2019To end FGM/C, make policies that listen to survivorsBy Rachel Clement For many, it might be unthinkable to hurt a child. It is even harder to imagine that the person who inflicts harm onto a child might be their parents or a trusted adult. And yet, 90% of child abuse victims know their perpetrators. How can someone who…Fgm5 min readFgm5 min read
Jul 12, 2018The Link Between Mass Shootings & Misogynistic Online HarassmentBy Jennifer Mueller, Vaiddehi Bansal, Lila O’Brien-Milne and Laura Hinson Years before he carried a shotgun into the Annapolis Capital Gazette, Jarrod Ramos set his sights on a former classmate, harassing and threatening her online until she feared for her safety. The United States accounts for the largest number of…Gender Equality4 min readGender Equality4 min read
Mar 20, 2018Human rights, universal and indivisibleBy Lyric Thompson, Director of Policy and Advocacy, and Sarah Gammage, Chief Research Officer, at International Center for Research on Women Foreign policy experts were shocked when they learned that Secretary of State Rex Tillerson had been asked to leave the State Department. It is too soon to say what…Women4 min readWomen4 min read
Aug 4, 2017Insights to Action: Gender and Financial InclusionBlog by Katie Kamins & Shelby Bourgault Worldwide, women often face gender-specific hurdles in accessing financial services to meet the needs of their families and businesses. This was the focus of discussion at the International Center for Research on Women’s (ICRW) inaugural Insights to Action on June 29th when Dr…Financial Inclusion5 min readFinancial Inclusion5 min read
Jun 27, 2017The rippling economic impacts of child marriageBy Suzanne Petroni, Senior Director, Global Health Youth and Development, ICRW and Quentin Wodon, Adviser, Education Sector, World Bank Globally, more than 700 million women alive today married before the age of 18. Each year, 15 million additional girls are married as children, the vast majority of them in developing…Women4 min readWomen4 min read
Jun 9, 2017Why we march…Who were these people, and why were they there? More specifically, why would an international research organization — comprised largely of straight, cisgender (non-transgender) women — be present in such large numbers at a celebration of LGBTQI diversity in the heart of the nation’s capital? To be fair, participating in…LGBTQ5 min readLGBTQ5 min read
Jan 26, 2017Our hope for U.S. leadership on global gender equalityThis blog was written by Michelle Nunn, CEO and president of CARE and Dr. Sarah Degnan Kambou, president of the International Center for Research on Women Millions of women and men gathered in Washington, D.C. and cities around the world over the three-day Inauguration weekend to show their support for…Women4 min readWomen4 min read
