Like many bloggers, I just love a good widget.
And today, BlogHer launched a new widget to help you find political blogs by women: BlogHer's Guide to Political Bloggers:
We're excited to announce our latest project, BlogHer's Guide to Political Bloggers, brought to you by BlogHer's politics team and our friends at Cerado. While we love the many blog-lists that abound of amazing political blogging by women, we got tired of trying to guess which state bloggers are from and/or which party they're in or leaning toward. That's why, as a non-partisan guide to women who blog, BlogHer has developed a widget that you can instantly categorize your blog in and find other bloggers.
It's pretty cool. You can search by name, state, or political party. Bloggers add themselves, so it's just started to get populated. Check it out:
Another great widget (and a great initiative!) from BlogHer is the Global Giving widget from BlogHers Act.
How many women's lives can we save with donations from the BlogHer community, between now and Mother's Day, May 11, 2008? If you will download this widget today and encourage your readers to donate, we can find out. Won't you join us? Here's what we're up to: As part of our BlogHers Act commitment to make a difference on the issue of maternal health, BlogHer has joined forces with Global Giving to help save women's lives and we need your help.
Maternal Heath is this year's BlogHers Act issue as voted on by the BlogHer community.
There are many cool things about this initiative. The geeky widget one is that right when you donate, your donation is added to the total on the widget. But even more great is that you can choose from five different maternal health projects to support. As Lisa Stone says, Pro-life? Pro-choice? Pro-Saving women's lives? Here's how we can work together. In that post, Lisa also explains a little more about why Global Giving is an awesome organization, how it works with the various charities, and a little more about each choice, including which option is suggested for those against birth control and/or abortion.
Check the widgety goodness:
I picked "Help Afghan Women Deliver Healthy Babies Safely" to support.
An alarming percentage of Afghan women and babies die during pregnancy and delivery. Most women deliver babies at home without the assistance of trained medical staff. CHI/AIL offer lifesaving health services and medical interventions to pregnant women and babies through three rural clinics in Afghanistan, including on-site baby delivery for high-risk cases. CHI/AIL also educate women about their reproductive health so that they can make healthy choices during pregnancy and delivery.
Activities
12,000 Afghan women will receive pre- and post-natal care, midwifery, family planning services, education on women’s reproductive health, delivery kits for home delivery, and assessment and intervention for high-risk pregnancies.Potential Long Term Impact
Thousands of women who would have lost their lives or the lives of their babies during pregnancy and delivery will be saved. Women will learn how to prevent complications during pregnancy and delivery and protect their long-term reproductive health.
Of course, the challenge with widgets is, how much do you really want cluttering up your sidebars? I've been following politics more than usual this year, but I don't think BlogHer's Guide to Political Bloggers will be living on my blog - I can just use it off the BlogHer site.
The Global Giving widget, however, will be in my sidebar through Mother's Day. It's pretty cool to watch that number go up, up, up.
