Michelle Bachelet

Michelle Bachelet

Chilean President Rides High as Term Ends By ALEXEI BARRIONUEVO Published: October 29, 2009 After a rough start, Michelle Bachelet, Chile’s...
Heroine: Ana González

Heroine: Ana González

Ana Gonzalez by Tomas Munita for The New York Times A Serene Advocate for Chile’s DisappearedBy ALEXEI BARRIONUEVOPublished in the NY Times ...
Heroine: Jamie Leigh Jones

Heroine: Jamie Leigh Jones

WASHINGTON — Four years ago, Jamie Leigh Jones, a 20-year old Texas contract employee working in Iraq, was drugged, stripped, beaten and ga...
Heroine: Tererai Trent

Heroine: Tererai Trent

Op-Ed ColumnistTriumph of a DreamerBy NICHOLAS D. KRISTOFPublished: November 15, 2009Of all the people earning university degrees this year,...
Heroine: Chansa Kabwela

Heroine: Chansa Kabwela

BBC: Surreal drama of Zambia 'porn' trial The trial of a news editor in Zambia, accused of distributing obscene material, is coming ...
The first, but not the last...

The first, but not the last...

76-Year-Old Is First Woman to Win Nobel Prize for Economics Tuesday 13 October 2009 by: David Usborne and Sean O'Grady |...
Rosa Parks in Khartoum!

Rosa Parks in Khartoum!

By Nicholas Kristof - New York Times columnistPublished: September 7, 2009 Lubna Hussein, the Sudanese woman charged with the crime of w...