Gloria Steinem and other foundation leaders pointed to studies showing that self-image suffers as girls become teenagers.

VOA: special.2010.04.30

She worked for different organizations as a social worker before working for her family's foundation.

VOA: special.2009.08.23

The foundation works on issues such as education,health,environment and community development.

VOA: special.2009.11.25

What started as a family project has emerged as the Light Up the World Foundation, which has reached 25,000 people in 51 countries.

VOA: standard.2009.12.13

In 2009, the foundation collected records from 14 Asian countries, indicating that fractures of the vertebrae are as common in Asia as they are in the West.

VOA: standard.2010.03.14

He says he hopes the U.S.and Burma could "take advantage of these gestures as a way to begin laying a foundation of goodwill and confidence-building in the future."

VOA: standard.2009.08.15

"That character piece is the foundation. As we like to say, when you are put in very challenging environments, like the southern Helmand province of Afghanistan, or recently in western Iraq.

VOA: standard.2010.04.06

The fact that the Obama administration is giving a great deal of attention to Afghanistan is seen as a major positive according to Zoran Milovic, the Kabul-based representative of the Asia Foundation.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27