- Book Launch eventsJoin us for a summer full of launch events for Women and Girls Rising. Check back here for more events as they come!Thursday, July 16th, 5:30-7:30 P.M. at the Center for Health and Gender Equity, Washington, D.C. (by invitation only)
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- About The EditorsSenior Fellow, Roosevelt InstituteLead Conference Organizer, Editor of Women and Girls Rising
Ellen joined the Roosevelt Institute as a Senior Fellow in the fall of 2010. She is author of the critically celebrated book Woman of Valor: Margaret Sanger and the Birth Control Movement in America. From 2007-2010, Ellen was Distinguished Lecturer at Roosevelt House, the public policy institute of Hunter College of the City University of New York. For the decade prior, she served as a senior fellow and program director at the Open Society Institute. From 1997 to 2003, she chaired the board of the International Women's Health Coalition. Early in her professional career, Ellen was chief of staff to New York City Council President Carol Bellamy, the first woman elected to city wide office in New York. An honors graduate of Vassar College, she earned her masters and doctoral degrees in history at Columbia University.
Follow Ellen on TwitterTerry McGovern, J.DColumbia Mailman School of Pubic HealthEditor of Women and Girls RisingTerry is Professor of Population and Family Health at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health, where she directs the Health and Human Rights Certificate and teaches human rights and environmental justice. From 2006 to 2012, Terry was a senior program officer in the Gender Rights and Equality Program at the Ford Foundation. She developed a highly successful health and human rights policy initiative in the U.S. and helped build the strategic policy capacity of groups working globally to advance the health and human rights of women and girls, LGBT individuals, and other marginalized populations. McGovern founded the HIV Law Project in 1989, where she served as Executive Director for ten years and litigated numerous cases against the federal, state and local governments, including a successful class action charging that the U.S. government had discriminated against women in its response to the AIDS epidemic. McGovern has published extensively and testified numerous times before the U.S Congress and other policy making entities. She is a graduate of the Georgetown School of Law. - Our Mission"We must do much more than decry the past. We must change the future." -Benazir Bhutto, Beijing 1995
Our mission is to illuminate the vision of pioneers over the past half century who understood the importance of granting women civil and political equality along with social, economic, and cultural rights.
We will consider the obstacles they faced and the opposition that rose against them. We will provide rich content that identifies and analyzes critical issues of strategy, policy, program, and resource allocation. The conference and the publication will be organized around conversations between at least two speakers, pairing activists with scholars, women and men of the Global South with those of the North, and pioneers of the past with their activist counterparts today.Through initiating dialogue and cultivating networks, Women and Girls Rising will engage multiple generations of policymakers, activists, and scholars to inform and enrich public policy and foster the next generation of progressive leadership. We will begin by discussing this rich history in preparation for the 20th anniversary of the UN’s Beijing Platform for Action, adopted in 1995. Women and Girls Rising intends to ground today’s policy solutions in the history of visionaries who first recognized that women’s rights are fundamental human rights, and human rights are the right of every woman.
- Who we're working withOur Project Advisory CommitteeHakima Abbas, Association for Women's Rights in Development; Carmen Barroso, International Planned Parenthood Federation; Kathy Bonk, Communications Consortium Media Center; Charlotte Bunch, Center for Women's Global Leadership; Mallika Dutt, Breakthrough; Felice Gaer, Jacob Blaustein Insittute; Liesl Gerntholtz, Human Rights Watch; Seema Jalan, United Nations Foundation; LaShawn Jefferson, Ford Foundation; Theresa McGovern, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University; Anita Nayar, Development Alternatives for Women in a New Era and former head of UN-NGO Liaison Service; Joanne Sandler, former UN Women Deputy Executive Director.
Many people often struggle when it comes to selecting the best equipment to start a home gym. If you are in that category, then this content will help in making the right decision when envisaging to start your own home gym. Read on to discover some great equipment that will help you set your home gym without any difficulty.
Dumbbells:
Dumbbells are highly versatile just like barbells and can be found at a variety of costs. However, you may not be able to load resistance on dumbbells just like how a bar can be used. Plate-loadable dumbbells are the most economical that you can buy when planning to set up your home gym. These dumbbells usually come in Standard or Olympic design, making it easy to blend with your barbell plates. It is important to have sufficient change weight if you want to successfully use plate-loadable dumbbells. In most cases extra 5 and 2.5 pound plates are helpful. Standard handles remain a great recommendation if you are on a budget. Selectable dumbbells are expensive to purchase, but cannot be as durable as the steel and cast iron plate-loadable option.
Rack Up Your Gains:
The centerpiece of a home gym remains a power rack. Racks are designed to add a considerable measure of safety. One important thing about a rack is that anything crucial can be done within it. If you miss a lift, the pin of the rack will save you. Any free weight move can be performed with the help of the J-hooks found in a rack. Most racks are designed to carry a plethora of attachments in the likes of pull-up and dip bars, which helps to bolster their performance. You'll be able to use a rack if you have a room for a bench and a 7-foot bar. Most innovative new racks can be found at less than five hundred dollars. Prior to using your power rack, there are certain factors to consider.
1. Strength: Check the material of the rack and your natural abilities. Determine of the joints of the rack are bolted or welded. Check the strength of the pins found on the rack. The pins should be able to retain more than one thousand pounds without any problem and at least 1-inch thick. Should the rack be bolted to the floor or tipped? With this simple information, you will be able to determine the strength of your rack.
2. Hole Spacing: You can space your rack between one and four inches. Spacing matters a lot because you may get pinned by weight or fail on the last rep when performing a bench press. You will be able to complete a full range of motion with 1-2 inch hole spacing without hitting the pins. It will also enable you to have the alternative to dumping the weight in urgency as well. With 4-inch hole spacing, it simply means that the pins are either too low or high.
3. Dimensions: Dimensions are important when using a power rack. You will discover some great changes concerning dimensions if you've been around a couple of racks. With short racks, little space can be used to achieve your goals.
4. Accessories: Racks usually come with dip attachments, chin/pull-up bars, pulley systems, and band pegs for a complete home gym center.
A Portable Weight Bench:
Some movements or workouts such as a bench press require you to lie flat on the floor. It is highly recommendable to do a proper research before buying any product. At this juncture, you have to pay attention to your urgent need. Most benches sold on the market today may be designed to support a few hundred pounds. Dedicated bodybuilders may consider loading over six hundred pounds and avoid cheap products. To be on the safe side, you can watch for gym sales, auctions, classified and just to mention a few. In case you are unable to purchase a secondhand bench, simply try new products at a reasonable price.
Weights And Barbell:
The most important equipment you need to set up a home gym is a barbell. A barbell is usually easy to find and can be found in two primary options, the Olympic and Standard. Standard bars are usually 1-inch holes through the plates and one inch in diameter. Standard bars can be used for light applications, but are not recommended for heavy-duty tasks. A standard bar will not be able to hold more than two hundred pounds and can bend easily. Olympic bars have a rotating two-inch-diameter sleeve and are seven feet long. They are specially designed for heavy weight lifts.
Conclusion:
While there are ubiquitous of equipment to set up a home gym, the few explained in this article will get you started without spending tons of dollars. You can give it a try now. - Get ConnectedFollow Roosevelt Institute on social media to receive updates on Women and Girls Rising and other initiatives.
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