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Watch Gloria Steinem in WMC’s Super Bowl Sexism Watch on Sunday

With 200,000 of your letters in hand, the WMC is not backing down. Join Gloria Steinem, WMC President Jehmu Greene, Shelby Knox, and special guests on Super Bowl Sunday as we continue to hold CBS the NFL accountable for their biased policy reversal in favor of Focus on the Family’s anti-choice, anti-woman, homophobic agenda.
JOCKOCRACY, [...]

Jane Fonda Honored With NYWA Lifetime Achievement Award

It was an honor to sit in the Hilton New York this morning alongside accomplished women from across New York City and the country. Over breakfast, we witnessed Women’s Media Center co-founder Jane Fonda accept the Elinor Guggenheimer Lifetime Achievement Award from the New York Women’s Agenda. Warmly presented by legendary feminist — and another [...]

WMC Co-Founder Jane Fonda to Receive the Elinor Guggenheimer Lifetime Achievement Award

The Women’s Media Center is proud to announce that the New York Women’s Agenda (NYWA) will recognize WMC Co-founder Jane Fonda for her outstanding achievements in activism and social change. WMC Co-founder Gloria Steinem – renowned writer, feminist, social reformer, and one of the leading voices of the women’s rights movement – will present Ms. [...]

Jane Fonda inspires WMC supporters

On Monday, the Women’s Media Center celebrated the final event of our three-city Jane Fonda Media Salon series in New York City!  At the home of our gracious host Caroline Hirsch, guests dined with WMC co-founders Jane Fonda and Gloria Steinem.  There was lively discussion on a variety of important issues central to the WMC’s [...]

Gloria Steinem Invites You to a Tribute to WMC Founding President, Carol Jenkins

A Tribute to WMC founding President,
Carol Jenkins

Carol Jenkins is President of Women’s Media Center and a Founding Member of its Board of Directors. Emmy award-winning producer, former news anchor and correspondent who covered presidential politics as well as international issues, Ms. Jenkins lead The Women’s Media Center’s online publications advocacy initiatives. She is a national [...]

WMC Media Awards on The Huffington Post

Longtime WMC friend Marcia Yerman wrote this terrific piece on The Huffington Post today about our first annual WMC Media Awards, held in New York on June 17th.
Women in the Media — A Night of Recognition
by Marcia G. Yerman
On June 17th, in the elegant setting of the Arthur M. Sackler Foundation, The Women’s Media Center held [...]

Vigils on Wednesday for journalists Laura Ling and Euna Lee

Laura Ling and Euna Lee were on assignment for Current TV in China. On March 17th they were arrested by two North Korean guards. Since then, these two U.S. journalists have been held in solitary confinement by the North Korean government and have not been allowed contact with their families. Laura and Euna will [...]

Fresh Conversation on Dads, Dudes, and Doing It

Join us on June 20 for this FREE! WMC co-sponsored event!

Fresh Conversation on Dads, Dudes, and Doing It
Saturday, June 20, 2009, 2-4 pm
Brooklyn Museum of Art

Gloria Feldt, Kristal Brent Zook, Deborah Siegel, and Courtney E. Martin—four diverse, feminist authors and activists—will participate in this provocative discussion right in time for Father’s Day. Representing [...]

TODAY – Carol Jenkins and PWVer Patricia DeGennaro on a Live Web Chat @ 3 p.m. EST

TODAY Tuesday, May 5th, WMC President Carol Jenkins will join Progressive Women’s Voices member Tricia DeGennaro and Katharine Daniels, the founder and executive director of Women’s International Perspective (The WIP) for a live chat at 3-4 p.m. EST. The chat is called “Women in Media: The Value of Women’s Stories and Perspectives.” Join in, [...]

Join WMC President Carol Jenkins and PWVer Patricia DeGennaro on a Live Web Chat 5/5!

This Tuesday, May 5th, WMC President Carol Jenkins will join Progressive Women’s Voices member Patricia DeGennaro and Katharine Daniels, the founder and executive director of Women’s International Perspective (The WIP) for a live chat at 3-4 p.m. EST. The chat is called “Women in Media: The Value of Women’s Stories and Perspectives.” Join in, [...]