While the United States has pledged to eliminate forced and child marriage by the year 2030, there are still 34 states where child marriage is still permitted.
The attacks are coming from all three branches of the federal government as well as state legislatures.
The federal Office for Civil Rights has closed offices, abandoned many Title IX complainants, and opened investigations that align with the current administration’s political priorities. Students in need of redress must turn to alternative routes to demand accountability.
On October 17, the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty presents a call to action to end poverty and uproot the systems that create it.
The upcoming film "Kiss of the Spider Woman" is set in a prison during an era of state terrorism in Argentina. A survivor of that brutal military dictatorship reminds us that accountability is possible.
Harris’ memoir of the 2024 election shows how unfree she was both as vice president and as Democratic presidential nominee.
Laura Bates, author of The New Age of Sexism, says: “We are building a whole new world, but the inequalities and oppression of our current society are being baked into its very foundations.”
New tools are helping to fill a critical gap in information and education about sexual and reproductive health and rights.
A proposed rule change would bar Veterans Administration health care providers from offering abortion counseling and referrals.
Since federal support for climate solutions has been gutted under Trump, a recent conference focused on state, local, and private environmental initiatives.
New forms of violence have emerged with the Central American nation's militarization and suspension of due process.
A recent decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals will make things more difficult for women making claims of gender-based persecution.
A new documentary, Heightened Scrutiny, exposes the mainstream media’s outsized and extraordinary influence in the law.
The measure, passed by the U.S. House, would have made it harder for women, elderly, young, and many other groups of citizens to register to vote.
I now see the representation I once revered could not be more dissimilar to reality.
A new exhibition seeks to resist the erasure of women’s achievements in the arts and to reclaim “the rightful place of women in art history.”
June 24 marks the third anniversary of the Supreme Court decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Three years on, as legislatures in some states impose severe restrictions, advocates and providers are fighting to keep abortion accessible.
We cannot afford to force so many women with endometriosis to withdraw from work and school on a monthly basis when it is entirely possible — and easy — to provide reasonable accommodations.
One AI concern that seems less often discussed? The impact of AI’s gender bias.
In November, Missouri voters passed a constitutional amendment protecting abortion rights. But anti-abortion lawmakers have been working ever since to find a way to ban abortion once again.
The media reception of Febos’ new memoir has focused on the shock value of her decision to give up sex for a year, but the book offers surprising insights about community and feminism.
What if “your type” isn’t an unbiased, unalterable fact, but actually a socially acceptable way of reproducing injustice?
THE WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER hosted their 20th Anniversary WOMEN’S MEDIA AWARDS on June 5th at the JW Marriott Essex House Hotel 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: Geralyn White Dreyfous, S. Mitra Kalita, Imani Perry, Erica Smiley, Jessica Valenti.
As WMC marks its 20th anniversary, presenters and awardees urge people to keep fighting against backlash and to find strength in community.
Women are all too often ignored at best and hurt or even killed at worst because of it.