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Striking or not, here are 11 ways to honor International Women’s Day to make an impact long after March 8

This March 8 is International Women’s Day, and for many, it’s also become A Day Without A Woman, which is described as an action “for equity, justice, and the human rights of women and all gender-oppressed people, through a one-day demonstration of...

Try and guess the number of girls worldwide who are denied an education. Nope…higher.

by Lexi Petronis | Doing Good

When you look at the data of the number of girls who don’t go to school around the world, it’s nearly inconceivable. The number: 130 million girls. Million. That’s about equal to the entire populations of Texas, Florida, New York, Pennsylvania and...

Web Coolness: The son we want ours to be like, books you need to read this year, and inspiration for the new year

by Cool Mom Staff | Best of the Web

Here are some links to what we’ve been reading around the web this week. Hope you like them too. 17 inspirational quotes to help you rock 2017, via Mom Spark. Laughing so hard at this satirical trailer for 2016: The Movie. Books that inspire young readers to...

One good thing you can do in one minute today to change the world.

by Kate Etue | Doing Good

If you’ve been reading Cool Mom Picks for a while now, you know we’re strong advocates of increasing opportunity for women and girls across the globe in all kinds of ways. Sometimes it’s promoting businesses that support women in need, like...

The quote that does more than inspire: It saves lives.

by Liz Gumbinner | Doing Good, Thinking : Parent

Sharing, liking, or commenting on this post donates one life-saving vaccine to a child around the world. Please read on for the full story. One of the most wonderful things about social media is that it gives every single one of us a voice. One of the challenges...

The Peace Exchange: Fair trade accessories from an organization that just gives you more faith in humanity.

by Liz Gumbinner | Doing Good, Fashion

I admit that like a lot of you, that it can get really hard, day after day, learning about yet another violent incident around the world; another area facing political unrest, turmoil, and terrible conditions, especially for women and children. But as I recently heard...

Life Empowered: How kids can help change the world one light bulb at a time.

by Kate Etue | Doing Good

Imagine if you didn’t have electricity at home and your kids had to go out and sit under a street lamp on a deserted street, alone each night, in order to finish their homework. That’s exactly what a lot of kids face in other parts of the world, though...

To the Market: Fashionable gifts and accessories that reinvent women’s lives.

by Liz Gumbinner | Fashion

Recently I was honored to attend the ONE.org Girls & Women Initiative’s AYA Summit, in which my eyes were opened to so many remarkable ways that people devote their lives to women and girls around the world who are disproportionately affected by poverty. One...

Web Coolness: Cheering for Amy Poehler, hilarious Halloween costumes, and kids who eat WHAT for breakfast?

by Cool Mom Staff | Best of the Web

Here are our favorite links from around the Internet this week. Hope you like them too. Step away from the breakfast cereal and check out this amazing photo essay: What kids around the world eat for breakfast. (At top, Tokyo) Smart reasons to start using FaceTime...

Hi! We’re Kristen + Liz!

Kristen Chase + Liz Gumbinner of Cool Mom Picks

We started Cool Mom Picks in 2006 to help make life cooler, easier, more organized, more meaningful, and more fun for parents of all kinds.

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