There is a long list of actions the new administration and Congress should take for women and girls, but we can start with six things.
The measure, the first paid leave law to pass by ballot measure, will help workers who need it the most.
Wade, an acclaimed editor, longtime activist and mentor, and the lead plaintiff in a historic sex discrimination lawsuit against the New York Times, died last week.
Ahead of Election Day, women across America turned their anxieties about the nation’s socioeconomic and racial turmoil and fears about the pandemic and the future into action by volunteering.
“Not Done” argues that while many seemed to believe the feminist project was complete, especially in the midst of Obama-era idealism about social progress in America, it was, as the title states, not done.
The new documentary spotlights women’s leadership in fighting the abuse of power in the use of computer technology.
Ketaki Tyagi has been a staunch climate change activist since the age of 14.
As the world observes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, a new report shows the extraordinary anti-violence efforts made by women's rights organizations globally.
Protests erupted this week in response to a new abortion ban, but the government has been attacking women’s and LGBTQ rights for years.
As the COVID-19 pandemic worsens food insecurity globally, community-based initiatives are stepping up.
Pro-choice Christians have been sidelined by the vitriol of the Religious Right. But there are increasing calls for the pro-choice majority to make itself heard.
As the global pandemic enters its eighth month, the impact on those experiencing domestic violence has continued to intensify, and services are stretched to the limit.
Cravalho stars in a new video storytime session in which she reads WE COUNT! A 2020 Census Counting Book for Young Children (and the Grownups Who Love Them).
Sandra Guimarães is a Brazilian activist for human and animal rights.
Over the past two years, Villaseñor has become a leader in the youth climate movement, joining Greta Thunberg's school strike and founding Earth Uprising.
Media coverage surrounding the 100th anniversary of 19th Amendment, observed this week, offers deeper and more nuanced understanding of the suffrage movement.
The 19th Amendment didn’t secure the right to vote for Native American women, despite their strong influence on suffragist ideas.
Despite the unfulfilled promise of the 19th Amendment, Black women have traveled an impressive distance over the last century, and continue to exert outsize political influence.
Wider implementation could help change the dramatic underrepresentation of women in elected office at every level.
There is no amplification that is too loud for Breonna Taylor’s cause, but if our voices aren’t cohesive, the movement becomes too diluted to continue to march at its deserved pace.
The Americans With Disabilities Act, signed into law 30 years ago, should be celebrated as a landmark piece of legislation. But there Is much more work to be done to realize its promise in all facets of society.
The docuseries, And She Could Be Next, shows that women of color are “changing what the face of leadership looks like” in the United States.
During the pandemic, governments have been curtailing rights—but activists are fighting back.
“Remember the true meaning of Juneteenth — a celebration kept alive by generations of black people.”
White Americans must disavow, relinquish, dismantle, and divest from white supremacy at an individual and institutional level.