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| Borderlands Public History Lab: Preserving Women's Labor History |
| "Women workers are at the forefront of what some are calling 'the new labor movement in Mexico,'" writes Yolanda Chávez Leyva. Director of the Institute of Oral History & The Borderlands Public History Lab at The University of Texas at El Paso, Leyva highlights the long history of female labor activists in Mexico to report on contemporary campaigns in and around the border, where female workers are once again leading the way. |
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Parramatta Female Factory Precinct:
"At the Stroke of a Pen, My Life Changed Forever" |
| Thousands of children passed through the Parramatta Girls Home in Australia between 1887 and 1974, many of them experiencing abusive treatment. Here our member, the Parramatta Female Factory Precinct Memory Project, writes about a creative new program that uses language found at the site – from graffiti to official records – to amplify the voices of these former residents. |
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| Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organization: Educating for the Future |
While the state of girls' education in Afghanistan has improved greatly in the past decade, today still less than half of Afghan girls attend school and many of them eventually drop out. Based in Kabul, the Afghanistan Human Rights and Democracy Organization supports a large network of young female leaders committed to ensuring women's role in education, activism and creating open and equal societies.
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