Breaking Through
Buddha Dharma Magazine February 10, 2012 After twenty-one years of intensive study, Kelsang Wangmo, a German-born Tibetan Buddhist nun, has become the first woman to receive the prestigious geshe degree. Amy […]
Category Archives: Women & Children
The Next Dalai Lama Should Be a Woman
Slate (Double X) October 8, 2009 At least that’s what the current one says. The Dalai Lama is known as a symbol of peace, compassion, and nonviolence. During his visit […]
Tibetan Education Thrives in Exile
Christian Science Monitor: March 6, 2009 As Tibetans mark 50 years since China’s occupation of Tibet, the exile community sees a major accomplishment in creating a network of schools that […]
Tenacity in the face of prejudice
Financial Times October 15, 2008 If Kiran Mazumdar Shaw had had her way, she would have been a brewer. Inspired by her father, a brewmaster at United Breweries, Ms Mazumdar […]
Healthcare, powered commerce
Financial Times December 12, 2007 In the village of Dorogram, two hours’ drive from Dhaka, the capital of Bangladesh, Asia Begum sits on a chair in front of huts made of […]
A matter of national shame
Malnutrition in India Financial Times August 23 2007 At a health centre in India’s Madhya Pradesh state, three-year-old Rajkumar clings to his mother, a woman named Anita whose youth is […]
Passion Flower
Boston Globe Magazine October 17, 2004 Years after meeting in Hong Kong, the author finds that Shiu-Ying Hu, one of the first Chinese women to earn a PhD from Harvard […]
In American rowing, it’s increasingly a women’s crew
The Christian Science Monitor October 25, 1999 This weekend’s Head of the Charles regatta in Boston illustrated how women are driving the sport’s growth Since the first intercollegiate race between […]
Study at a women’s college? These guys say, ‘Sure.’
3 August 1999 The Christian Science Monitor Philip Skemer knew he wanted to go on an exchange during his junior year, but wasn’t sure where. “How about enrolling at Smith […]
Please leave your gender stereotypes at the door
The Christian Science Monitor JULY 7, 1999 BROOKLINE, MASS. — The students in Brian Poon’s social-studies class are engaged in heated discussion about backpacks. Tiny backpacks, to be exact. “Why are […]
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