The acclaimed film offers a vision of women characters whose strength is rooted in textured humanity.
Victims of military domestic violence are filing claims against the Pentagon for damage, injury, and death.
The growing movement to end period poverty has made great strides in recent years, and advocates all over the world continue to push for solutions.
Director, co-writer, and producer Rachel Feldman talked to WMC about the 12-year journey behind her new film, “Lilly,” which comes to theaters across the U.S. May 9.
The uptick in women traveling alone is fueled by increasing disposable incomes, availability of information on the internet, social media, and technology.
The stakes for our generation couldn't be higher, and you won't want to miss this.
Faculty and students are dealing with the fallout as colleges and universities capitulate to Trump-inspired attacks on free speech and academic inquiry.
Being in your twenties means watching everyone around you grow and blossom in completely different ways through trial and error, great choices, and huge mistakes.
Anti-abortion extremists are trying to revive an antiquated 19th-century law to block access to abortion, but new proposed legislation would weaken the law’s effect.
While vaginismus is relatively invisible to the general population, it has profound effects on the mental, emotional, and sexual well-being of those who experience it.
Closing the digital gender divide could open crucial paths to promote women’s well-being while offering economic prosperity in some of the world’s most underdeveloped nations.
Persistent pay discrepancies, which cost women workers hundreds of thousands of dollars, have increased in recent years.
The only way it’s going to change is if we talk about it and begin to shy away from thinking the sun is the enemy and being dark is a bad thing.
Misogynistic language and beliefs are spreading across the internet and seeping into schools.
A feminist internet isn’t a utopian dream.
In searching for solutions to the male loneliness crisis, some American men should take a look in the mirror.
Women are not less likely to have ADHD than men; they are simply underdiagnosed.
In addition to screening women-focused movies, the Athena Film Festival offers talks and workshops, screenplay competitions, and year-round professional support for writers and creators.
Despite the progress that made it possible for women to work and support themselves financially, a recent social media trend has sparked backlash to this progress.
Last November, Libya’s interior minister Emad al-Trabelsi announced a series of measures posed as a return to “society’s traditions,” but for many onlookers inside and beyond the country, they signaled a crackdown on individual freedoms — particularly for women.
This political moment calls for radical coalition-building, feminist global solidarity, and the use of every tool available to fight against authoritarianism.
Limited protections and deportation fears will encourage more abuse of domestic workers, organizers say
This virus is having disproportionate effects on many different groups of people, but pregnant people may be of the highest concern.
Millions of women tolerate abuse every day due to fear of the cultural stigma of getting help and lack of access to resources available to help them.
We asked leaders to share their ideas about how we can all plan to mobilize, strategize, and protect our hard-won rights in the current political moment.