You could change two lives today just by picking up a reusable period product for yourself and for someone in need of one.
Women are diverse, complicated, powerful, and resilient in the ongoing fight for gender equality and other civil rights. And in this election year, the stakes seem be to higher than ever before. That was the general consensus in speeches and conversations at the 2024 Women’s Media Center Women’s Media Awards, which were presented on September 19 at the JW Marriott Essex House in New York City.
There are 16 million eligible Latina voters in the United States.
Here is what some female creatives had to say about their Emmy-nominated work for the major categories in the 76th annual Primetime Emmy Awards, which will be held on Sunday.
Thousands of women are being held in jail without having been convicted, but simply because they can’t afford bail. Advocates are pushing for reform.
This summer, feature films offer varying depictions of women as movie directors.
For Vice President Kamala Harris to become this country’s first Madam President, voters will have to overcome long-entrenched bias and sexist double standards for women candidates.
Two high-profile murders were among at least 21 femicides across Kenya in January, but amid the nation’s shock and outrage, media, members of the public, and even parliamentarians (including women) excused the murders by maligning the women as “slay queens” putting themselves in harm’s way for social media clout.
There is no accurate number of how many Latinas have disappeared in the United States and this doesn't seem to be cause for wide alarm and action.
People who are marginalized on the basis of race, gender, gender identity, disability, socioeconomic status, and other factors need policies to support our ability to make decisions about our own reproductive lives.
“It's something that's really important to make sure this institution actually works for more younger people and new parents,” said Rep. Sara Jacobs, one of the proposal’s co-sponsors.
India's judiciary may finally be experiencing a long-overdue reckoning on the hostile environment for women civil servants, one marked by systemic harassment, intimidation, institutional abandonment, and arbitrary dismissal.
State actions to deny access to abortion show the same patterns of coercive control that women experience in domestic violence.
While women’s inheritance and property ownership are protected by the Lebanese Constitution, inheritance laws differ based on religion and sect, leaving disputes to religious courts and personal interpretations — and biases — of those laws
Like all crimes, sexual violence must be understood within the broader context in which it occurs.
The recent wave of women-directed documentaries have been drawing impressive viewership numbers and raising awareness.
The nation is expected to make herstory in June when one of two leading women candidates will be elected.
Since the collapse of the Lebanese Pound in 2019, social workers in Beirut say that migrants and Lebanese alike have turned to the sex trade to cope with the increased costs of living.
“The gender reveal is not just about enforcing ‘cis-ness,' but it’s also about enforcing masculinity and femininity based on genitalia, and all of these things that affect us."
For over 20 years, women have suffered under the rule of the Taliban.
I hope all my fellow young women and fems choose to value each other’s humanity instead of the false trophies of womanhood and femininity.
I’m not alone — there seems to be a big movement of women who, thanks to the internet, are discovering what ADHD means for their work and personal lives.
War has been raging for 11 months in Sudan. Amid the horrific wave of violence that has led many people to flee West Darfur, women and girls have described being raped, beaten, detained, and forced to witness the killings of loved ones by groups of armed men.