The youth of today have so many powerful women to look up to such as US Secretary of State Hilary Clinton, US First Lady Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey.  The current chancellor of Germany and the presidents of Chile, Argentina, Liberia, Finland, Philippines and Ireland are all women.  Many women hold positions in top management of global corporations like Pepsi, Kraft, Avon, AIG, IBM, Hewlett-Packard and Johnson & Johnson.  The women of today are educated, vocal and strong.

As we all know, women did not always enjoy the liberties that they do nowadays.  In fact, many women are still being oppressed and treated like second-class citizens in some parts of the world. (more…)