- by Mary Liston Liepold
US vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin envisions a role larger than that of the typical Veep if her party wins. And Palin’s ambition is just one drop in a tide that is sweeping the world. After the long, long struggle to win the vote (still being waged in Saudi Arabia, where 2009 is an election year and some look for change), women everywhere are moving into politics and moving from politics to governance. We are steadily approaching a world with “more sway and less swagger,” in Swanee Hunt’s memorable …

An Interview with Pat Morris, Peace X Peace Executive Director from Fall 2008 through 2009
- by Mary Liston Liepold
After an international search that involved more than 100 applications and interviews with 15 qualified candidates, the Board of Directors selected Dr. Patricia Morris to lead Peace X Peace. Dr. Morris will take office on Monday, September 22, 2008. She comes to us from Women for Women International, where she directed program development for the Global Programs Unit. She is a results-driven senior manager with more than 20 years of academic and …

- by Molly Mayfield Barbee
The first time I arrived in Caux, Switzerland, I stepped off the train and asked a kindly-looking older gentleman on the platform if he could point me to the Initiatives of Change conference center. He insisted on taking my massive rolling duffle bag, then walked with me toward the grand front entrance of Mountain House (pictured above). As we walked, we talked about where we had come from to be at Caux. When I mentioned I had flown in from Khartoum, where I am currently based …

- by Mary Liston Liepold
This issue of PeaceTimes highlights three fashion-forward women entrepreneurs. Sharifa started out in Afghanistan and came to the US, where she has designed gowns for Miss USA contestants. Nadya started in the US and followed her heart to Bali, where she continues to learn from the culture and more than 70 skilled craftspeople produce her one-of-a-kind creations. And Adenike (who was featured in the documentary Africa Open for Business) remains happily rooted in Lagos, Nigeria, where she grew a groundbreaking business in children’s clothing while …