“We need the women of the world to come looking for us, we need that hope that someone would come looking for us when we’re missing.” The room was silent.  It was one week after 9-11, and along with 10, 000 other women who had gathered at the Global Celebration for Women in Houston, I watched this video clip of an Afghan woman pleading with the women of the world to take action.  At that moment, I couldn’t help but wonder: Had I truly... > Full Story

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