TEDWomen Updates: Diana Nyad and EverWalk Nation

At the age of 64, Diana Nyad became the first person to make the 110-mile swim from Havana to Key West without a shark cage. Now, Diana is working on a new goal. Along with her Cuba swim expedition leader, Bonnie Stoll, Diana has founded EverWalk NATION, a bold movement to get people to pledge to walk three times a week.

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TEDWomen 2016 Speaker Lineup announced!

Many people ask, “How do you select the speakers for TEDWomen?” The answer is not a simple one. As curator, I read everything I can find that has to do with women, our work, books, research, stories ... and I hear recommendations from fellow TEDsters and friends around the world. 

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Five TEDWomen Talks for Women's Equality Day

Women's Equality Day was established in 1971 to recall the passage of the 19th Amendment that gave women the right to vote. In commemoration of that milestone, and the miles we still have to go, here are five TEDTalks from past TEDWomen conferences about the state of women and equality in the United States today.

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Sneak Preview of Arianna Huffington's New Book, The Sleep Revolution

My friend Arianna Huffington's new book, The Sleep Revolution, on the science, history and mystery of sleep, is coming out on April 5th. I'm pleased to be able to share a sneak preview here on my blog, particularly one that looks at how sleep deprivation affects women. As Karen Brody, founder of the meditation program Bold Tranquility, told Arianna, “I coach busy women and this is what they tell me all the time: ‘I spent years getting educated and now I don’t have any energy to work.’”

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WOW - Women of the World Festival in London Celebrates Global Sisterhood

WOW has recently been recognized as the largest women’s festival in the world, and it’s certainly among the best. Find out why this year's gathering strengthened my faith in the global women’s community to move more strategically towards greater solidarity.

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Women Working for the World: Catalina Escobar and the Ripple Effect of One Woman's Commitment to Change

Catalina Escobar, founder and leader of the Juanfe Foundation, is doing pioneering work to change the pattern of teen pregnancy in Colombia — work that’s having a ripple effect throughout Latin America and beyond. As women who are committed to using our power to help make the world a better place, I believe it’s essential that we gain awareness beyond the causes we work on each and every day, and learn how others are creating positive change...

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