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June 02, 2026 | Carrie N. Baker, J.D., Ph.D., Alisa Nudar | Health, Politics
Federal Government’s New Website for Pregnant Women Promotes Antiabortion Pregnancy Centers

Moms.gov is not about mothers or health, but about promoting the administration's pet policies on women.

WMC FBomb
June 01, 2026 | Sara Matsinger | Body image and body standards
Skinniness Isn’t About Beauty — It’s About Control

It is time to reject the skinny ideal.

WMC Women Under Siege
June 01, 2026 | Saeedeh Fathi | Feminism, Free Speech, Gender-based violence, International, Politics, Violence against women
The ‘Woman, Life, Freedom’ Movement Struggles to Survive War in Iran

Since the U.S. and Israel launched their joint assault on the Islamic Republic of Iran, feminist voices in the “Zan, Zendegi, Azadi” movement (or the “Woman, Life, Freedom” movement) have been diverse, with contradictory and dispersed reactions to war, foreign intervention, and even the future of the movement itself.

WMC News & Features
May 27, 2026 | Carla Hay | Arts and culture, Media
New Report Maps Gains, Losses for Women in Film

The report from ReFrame shows a decrease in the total number of women directing top films, and its authors warn that things could get worse for women in the film business in the coming years.

WMC FBomb
May 26, 2026 | Paige Mattison | LGBTQIA
The Chappell Roan Hate Train Runs on Bigotry

​In response to mistakes, Roan seems held to standards so many other pop stars are not.

WMC News & Features
May 20, 2026 | Treva Lindsey | Education, Politics
Women’s and Gender Studies Under Attack

As a field that helps college students “rigorously interrogate, critically think, and creatively imagine a more just world,” women’s studies has been targeted by both the Trump administration and state legislatures. But scholars, faculty, staff, and others are fighting back.

WMC News & Features
May 08, 2026 | Holly Kearl | Misogyny, Politics
Two New Reports Document Sexual Abuse in Government and Impact on Women Lawmakers

Research by the National Women’s Defense League, covering both Congress and state legislatures, shows that these “abuses of power are impacting who serves and how effective and focused they can be.”

WMC News & Features
May 01, 2026 | Susan Buttenwieser | Economy, Politics
Women and Food Insecurity During the Second Trump Administration

Trump policies and recent legislation have reduced access to aid at a time of rising food prices.

WMC News & Features
April 22, 2026 | Nikita Mandhani | Feminism, International
Dalit Women’s Movement Adapts for New Generations

Dalit women in India, who face compounded marginalization due to both caste and gender, are working across generations to make sure their movement evolves alongside the women it serves.

WMC Women Under Siege
April 22, 2026 Gender-based violence, Girls, International, Violence against women
The Taliban’s New Criminal Code Is Governing Women Out of Existence

In early January, Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada quietly enacted the expansive “Criminal Procedure Code for Courts,” which effectively turns violence into everyday rule, patriarchy into official policy, and ideology into enforceable law.

WMC News & Features
April 14, 2026 | Ana Avendaño | Gender-based violence
Will the César Chávez Revelations Prompt Accountability in the Labor Movement?

“Their stories of abuse and sexual violence are heartbreaking. They are not surprising.” But there are existing models that create true accountability.

WMC News & Features
April 09, 2026 | ElsaMarie D'Silva | Gender-based violence, Violence against women
Women-Only Spaces Are Not the Solution to Gender-Based Violence

The creation of gender-segregated spaces to ensure women’s safety does not address the root causes of violence.

WMC FBomb
April 06, 2026 | Lydia Harlow | Media
How Young Women’s Musical Obsessions Shape the Industry

Through the decades, girls have consistently shaped the development of the music industry and have undoubtedly driven millions of dollars in sales.

WMC News & Features
March 31, 2026 | Ms. Julie F. Kay, Esq. | Health, International
A Road Map for Restoring Abortion Access in the US

Lessons from movements in other countries can help activists in the United States mobilize to expand access to reproductive rights and care.

WMC FBomb
March 30, 2026 | Ritham Janardhan | Media
The Infinite Scroll: Our Generation's Nicotine

The sheer size of this issue requires our federal government to come up with practical policies to regulate how young people can access social media.

WMC News & Features
March 26, 2026 | Marcie Bianco, Ph.D. | Arts and culture, Free Speech, Politics
Book Bans on the Rise in the US; Librarians, Writers, and Others Fight Back

In just three years, the number of book bans in the United States has more than doubled. A broad coalition of activists is working to slow the “relentless tide.”

WMC FBomb
March 24, 2026 | Katherine Lau | Media
Nicki Minaj's Shift to MAGA

When her music first started coming out, I never imagined that in the future, she would align herself with the MAGA movement.

WMC News & Features
March 19, 2026 | Nikita Mandhani | Free Speech, International, Media
Afghan Women’s Newsroom in Exile

A clandestine group of journalists are telling women’s stories from inside Taliban-controlled Afghanistan.

WMC FBomb
March 17, 2026 | Jamie Leigh Reichert | Girls
Holding Grief

I used to think grief was something abstract. I was wrong.

WMC Women Under Siege
March 13, 2026 | Nithya Pandian | Gender-based violence, Girls, Health, International, Violence against women
In Rural Tamil Nadu, Child Marriage Was Already Rampant. Then Came the Pandemic.

Isolated agrarian communities in the Indian state of Tamil Nadu were hard hit by the pandemic, experiencing increased poverty, the diversion of savings toward healthcare, and prolonged illness, forcing families to pull their daughters out of school and marry them off. Years later, attendance rates haven't recovered, and child marriages haven't subsided.

WMC FBomb
March 10, 2026 | Felix L. | Feminism
Coffee, Competence, and the Lie of Being “Fine”

We deserve systems that sustain us, not rituals that help us endure being drained.

WMC News & Features
March 08, 2026 | Carla Hay | Media
2026 Women’s Media Awards Recognize Leaders in Workers’ Rights, Immigration, Abortion Rights, Freedom of the Press, and More
Women’s activism and influence in media must not be weakened from attacks intended to oppress and silence, according to several recipients of the 2026 Women’s Media Awards, which were presented on Mar...
WMC News & Features
March 06, 2026
Women's Media Awards 2026 in pictures

THE WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER hosted their 2026 WOMEN’S MEDIA AWARDS on March 5th at Tribeca Rooftop in New York City. The WMC AWARDS were presented to outstanding leaders and champions for women in media. This year’s WMC 2025 Women’s Media Awards honorees were: Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Dr. Chandra Childers, Julie F. Kay, Margot Wallström, Maribel Pérez Wadsworth, Paola Ramos and Barbara Kopple.

WMC IDAR/E
March 05, 2026 | Tatiana Tenreyro | Arts and culture
Publications that Skipped Latine Writers Missed Bad Bunny's Message

Becoming a 20-minute “scholar” through Google or ChatGPT won't cut it.

WMC News & Features
March 04, 2026 | Marianne Schnall | Girls, International, Politics
‘This is not marriage, this is legalized rape’: New Report Outlines Strategies to End Child Marriage Worldwide

Globally, there are 640 million women who were married as children. The new report, commissioned by Sheryl Sandberg with support from Hillary Rodham Clinton, identifies steps that governments and communities can take to end the practice of child marriage.


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