I'm part of Generation X — the generation where girls and young women were taught that we could be anything, do anything and, if we worked hard enough, could have it all.We saw women go into space, run for Congress, be appointed to the Supreme Court, anchor the news, break Olympic records, be 'bionic' women, lead billion dollar companies, become successful lawyers, doctors, writers, journalists, artists and rock the world with their music and dance.

If you haven't yet seen Emma Watson's powerful ‪speech she gave at the United Nations over the weekend calling for gender equality ‪and a redefinition of feminism, I highly recommend watching it. It’s quite inspiring!

I know so many women who are being called right now by the Divine Feminine to step forward in their leadership so that they may bring the wisdom of their message into the zeitgeist of our global consciousness. Bit by bit we are doing the healing the planet needs. I know it may not look like that when we see all of this massive tragedy, but it is happening. We can’t give up…

Yesterday in Santa Monica we rose together with JOY in our hearts. We used our voice and our body to say NO to violence against women and girls and YES to our power, our joy and our FREEDOM TO SELF-EXPRESS.

On V-Day (2/14), 1 billion women (and all the men who love them) are rising to say NO to violence against women and YES to a seismic and collective remembering of who we are as women on this earth.

Zubeida Mustafa was the first woman to work in Pakistan’s mainstream media. That was more than 30 years ago. Today, because of Zubeida’s courage to use her voice, report on other women’s voices, and argue for hiring policies that would allow women to occupy all positions in the newsroom, life is different for women in Pakistan. “I wanted to create space for women and I thought if there were more …”

Her Voice that echos through all The Women. Through the hundreds, and the thousands, and the millions, and the billions. She is echoing below and above and around and through. Can you feel it? Can you feel Her? It is a miraculous time to be alive.

I believe so strongly that it is time for women to speak and lead by example – but most importantly, from the stage. I believe women hold the key to bringing our world into greater balance and bringing back the respect for all of humanity. I believe that when we as women join together as sisters, we can accomplish anything.

Exclusive interview with Nicholas Kristof by Tabby Biddle.

Last week in New York and Los Angeles, The International Women's Media Foundation recognized four women journalists for their courage and willingness to risk their lives to cover the news in order to shine a light on repressive governments, corruption, injustice and crimes against humanity.