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Congratulations to the Top Six Girls’ State of the Union (#GSOTU) Video Contest Finalists

January 27, 2012 – 5:48 pm

ShareOn November 16, 2011, the Women’s Media Center invited girls ages 14-22, to create a 1- 5 minute video for our first annual Girls State of the Union (#GSOTU) video contest. Like the President’s report, the Girls’ State of the Union sums up the condition of the country—with a special emphasis on the welfare of girls.

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Progressive Girls’ Voices Blogger: Underrepresentation of Women in Media means Worldwide Invisibility

June 13, 2011 – 5:17 pm

ShareIt’s a well-known fact that there are more women in the world than men. Yet, when only looking at media sources this is completely unapparent. The lack of female representation in the media world would appear to an alien source to mean that women either don’t care or want to get involved in the current [...]

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Girl’s Voice: Reflecting on Dr. Nawal El-Saadawi’s Press Conference Call on Women’s Leadership

March 21, 2011 – 6:05 pm

ShareOn Thursday, March 17th The Women’s Media Center hosted a press conference call to highlight the successes of Dr. Nawal El Saadawi. Dr. El-Saadawi is a highly acclaimed author, political activist, religious leader, lecturer, and trained doctor. El-Saadawi calls for a rebirth of women’s leadership and encourages both women and youth to fight in the [...]

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Hollaback! by the Hundreds Effort Salutes International Women’s Day 2011

March 8, 2011 – 10:56 am

ShareThis blog post is cross-posted from www.ihollaback.org, an organization co-founded by PWV Alumna Emily May.

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Let’s keep Athena Going

February 16, 2011 – 5:37 pm

ShareBarnard College debuted the first annual Athena Film Festival last weekend, February 10th- 13th. This was one of the most successful film festivals I have attended, and I left the last day feeling refreshed and hopeful for the future of women in the entertainment industry.

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Incredible People! Robert Redford, Jennifer Newsom, and Danny Glover!

January 22, 2011 – 2:48 am

ShareThe WMC blog is featuring Progressive Girls’ Voices in dispatches from the 2011 Sundance Film Festival, as our girl journalists attend feminist film screenings and interview notable leaders and directors. Here’s Mimi Clayton’s account of our second day — watch this space for more.

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Girls Investigate: Is the Media a Mirror?

April 28, 2010 – 9:17 am

ShareWatch the video! And read Culley’s commentary! Girls Investigate: Our Portrayal…Chic or Sham? by Culley Schultz The typical American watches four hours of TV and is exposed to 247 commercial messages each day.  This includes print ads, commercials, and billboards.  The life expectancy of an American woman is 80.4 years.  This means that the average [...]

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Girls Investigate: From Face to Facebook

March 18, 2010 – 9:14 am

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Watch WMC Video Highlights from this Fall!

December 10, 2009 – 1:05 pm

ShareWMC Video Highlights – Fall 2009. Check out the launch of our Girls Investigate program, new radio show on WBAI, Not Under The Bus and Stop Stupak campaigns, and recent PWV media clips!

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Women’s Media Center and Girls Learn International®, Inc. Launch Investigative Media Series

November 19, 2009 – 7:18 pm

ShareNovember 19, 2009 (New York, NY) – The Women’s Media Center (WMC), a leading media advocacy and training organization, in collaboration Girls Learn International®, Inc. (GLI), announces the launch of Girls Investigate: Our Views on Media, a four-part multimedia series that explores girls’ ideas about popular culture, social media and the intersections between the two.

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