After experiencing a slump in 2025, women are making strides in genre movies and television.
While image-based sexual abuse is historically committed by an intimate partner, a report from India found that AI-generated imagery is also being committed by strangers, who share no prior relationship with the victim at all.
The author’s unique research on the Title IX system reveals that authorities’ poor handling of the Cornell sexual assault case is all too typical.
From the EU’s proposed “Chat Control” framework to facial recognition deployed at student protests, the language of protecting women and children is helping governments and technology companies acquire new surveillance powers.
From universities and law enforcement to prevention research, we keep treating men’s violence as an individual problem rather than confronting the social norms and systems that sustain it.
Gillis’ stale SNL joke at the expense of women is a classic response by men threatened by women’s excellence and autonomy.
Three proposed measures would establish a right to abortion in their states, while one is intended to repeal an established state constitutional right to abortion.
In Afghanistan, where girls are barred from secondary education, an underground network of home-based schools is preparing them for a future in which women can once again participate in public life.
Misinformation and false claims about the safety of abortion are proliferating and becoming key components in legislation, litigation, and regulatory policy.
This underrepresentation is happening during a time when Black audiences want to see more on-screen representation of Black women in this age group, according to a new study.
The visibility gap women deal with later, on panels, in press coverage, in who gets asked to speak, isn’t a late-career problem that appears out of nowhere.
Series that are created by one or more women employ more women in other key behind-the-scenes positions, as well as featuring female characters that take up space and are central to the action.
A celebration of Robin Morgan, Women's Media Center co-founder, in pictures.
Julie Burton, President and CEO of the Women’s Media Center (WMC), released a statement on behalf of the Women’s Media Center mourning the death of WMC Co-Founder Robin Morgan — poet, journalist, author, activist, feminist, organizer, and friend.
Julie Burton, President and CEO of the Women’s Media Center (WMC), released a statement on behalf of the Women’s Media Center mourning the passing of WMC Co-Founder Gloria Steinem — journalist, author, activist, feminist, organizer, and friend.
The bestselling novel has been much discussed, but few commentators have noted its portrayal of the societal expectation of women to raise children, whether or not they want to.
True educational equity doesn't mean building a harder test; it means ensuring every student gets the chance to learn the math on it.
Activists warn that these measures targeting transgender youth are “part of a larger, coordinated effort to roll back the rights for women broadly.”
Climate adaptation plans cannot fully protect communities if they overlook the ways disasters reshape girls’ lives.