For those of you who don't know Gayle -- she is a ROCKSTAR.  Her book about women entrepreneurs in Afghanistan will hit the bookstands in mid-March, Harper Collins the publisher.  STAY TUNED.  

 

January 28, 2011  

Women Help Each Other Start Businesses in Afghanistan

By GAYLE TZEMacH LEMMON

Read Connie's latest blog -- and be sure to go to www.stirblog.org to see the kids playing at the playground Connie is building with the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force in Afghanistan!


WHAT AFGHANS WANT

Connie K. Duckworth / June 28th, 2010


This week, the press has been in full “scoop” mode. Since I am not a reporter, a talking head, a think tank expert, an academic, a government employee (whether military,...

By way of introduction, Connie Duckworth and I worked together at Goldman Sachs. Connie was one of the stars at GS and it was not long before the firm made her a partner. She had a splendid career run at GS.

Like many GS partners, Connie kept blazing ambitious new trails after she left. She founded ARZU, which is an innovative model of social entrepreneurship that helps...

In Afghanistan, where domestic violence is epidemic, Gayle Tzemach Lemmon speaks to young mothers who’ve survived abuse and want women’s rights to top the military’s agenda.

Sitting atop a burgundy pillow with her back pressed up against the bare white wall of the shelter she now calls home, Naseema pushes her polka-dot headscarf away from her eyes and begins to tell her story.

She was around 16 years old when her father, who...