New York, N.Y. What makes Andeisha Farid unique is her extraordinary courage combined with her extraordinary vision for providing orphaned children in Afghanistan not only basic food, clothing and shelter – but access to the world of ideas, arts and cultures. The range in the quality of “orphanages” in Afghanistan is broad, and reports on […]
Balinese Natural Birthing Center Threatened by Global Downturn

Denpasar, Indonesia. Mid-wife and clinic founder Robin Lim is a legend in the world of women’s maternity health. I have heard of her from Port-au-Prince in Haiti to New-York to Denpasar. Recently I received a note that her natural birthing clinic in Bali known as Bumi Sehat (“healthy mother earth”) is in desperate need of operating funds. […]
Jim Luce on Women & Girls

Jim Luce first wrote on women (Changing Roles of Women Discussed at College of Wooster) for his college newspaper in 1982. 2012 Women Refugee Voices of Courage Balinese Natural Birthing Center Threatened by Global Downturn Euro-American Women’s Global Forum Set For Athens in July First ‘Davos’ for Women’s International Development in NYC Mother and children […]