More than 4,000 people wrote to the Associated Press in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 urging the media service to ask New Orlean's Mayor Ray Nagin, "Where are the Women?"
As Nagin begins rebuilding New Orleans, he has created a new commission to oversee the project. Although he promised to ensure that the commission reflect the diverse community of New Orleans, only 2 out of the 17 members - or 12 percent - are women. That hardly reflects the city where more than half the population is women and girls!