Courtney Martin says now that we’ve established that promoting the advancement of women is good policy, we have to stay vigilant as ideas turn into actions.
We’ve seen an unprecedented growth in public awareness and acceptance of the notion that the most effective way to change the world is by investing in its most overlooked and oppressed people: girls and women. From the first ever TED conference devoted to women, (they have been around for 26 years) in Washington D.C. two weeks ago, to The New York Times Sunday Magazine’s recent “Saving the World’s Women” issue, to the Novo and Nike Foundation’s wildly popular viral video, “The Girl Effect,” and its follow up, “The Clock is Ticking” — everyone who is anyone knows that girls and women are where it’s at.
