Wider implementation could help change the dramatic underrepresentation of women in elected office at every level.
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.
These writers keep working, and all of them told The FBomb that more amazing stories about amazing women are coming soon.
Despite composing less than 7% of world leaders, women have been spearheading some of the most effective policies in response to the rapid, global spread of the novel coronavirus.
Chinese American filmmaker Cathy Yan recently became the first Asian American woman to direct an American superhero film with the newest installment in the DC Extended Universe, Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn).
Recently, five teenagers in Afghanistan who make up an all-female robotics team developed a cost-effective ventilator that runs using the motor of a Toyota Corolla.
Johnson not only calculated the trajectory for America’s first space trip with astronaut Alan Shepard and the calculations for the first moon landing in 1969 but also overcame racism and sexism throughout her career.
We must acknowledge that sexism in U.S. politics poses a pernicious threat to restoring political and social justice.
To this day, feminist zines are still a considerable presence in the zine universe.
On Monday, January 27th, Tunisia lost one of its most prominent feminist activists: Lina ben Mhenni died at the age of 36 after a long battle with lupus, a chronic systemic autoimmune disease she was diagnosed with at 11 years old.
Nakate, who is the founder of the climate action groups Youth for Future Africa and the Rise Up Movement, confronted the publication on Twitter, writing, “Why did you remove me from the photo? I was part of the group!"
The annual day to celebrate female athletes has taken on a new urgency as women in sports are rising up more than ever to demand equality — but discrimination persists.
This year, CES allowed a female-led and oriented sex tech companies to appear at the show.
The Black Lives Matter co-founder is directing a new program for artists that connects creativity and activism.
2020 will mark the centennial of women getting the right to vote — and we have a lot to celebrate. But there is still room for improvement.
Although several major film festivals have pledged to have equal representation for female directors by 2020, progress has been slow. Here is our year-end follow-up to our midyear report on how they are doing.
In a world in which long hair is equated to femininity and beauty, Tunzi challenged patriarchal prescriptions for what an ideal beautiful woman should look like. And that decision — among her many other qualifications and great performance — earned her the crown.
According to the UN, 80% of people displaced by climate change are women. Ecofeminism is a movement that aims to address this problem.
It took several months for me to realize what I was doing to myself. By then, I was already experiencing burnout.
After a surge of bans this year, abortion providers and advocates are expanding coalitions to widen the network of support for rights and access.
In early September, the news broke that Adele Lim, a screenwriter for the 2018 movie Crazy Rich Asians, was no longer involved with writing the next two sequels in the franchise. Why? Lim reportedly learned that while her white, male co-writer was offered between $800,000 to $1 million for this work, she was offered significantly less — around $110,000.
Writer Alison Friedman reflects on what Christine Blasey Ford's courage has meant to many women.
15-year-old Tanyaradzwa “Tanya” Muzinda is a motocross champion. The Zimbabwean teenager began competing in the dangerous sport at five years old with the support of her father, a former biker himself.
My great-grandmother is just one example of an underrepresented, underappreciated woman who fought her own feminist fight not in a big, public way, but bravely in her daily life. They are the feminists we never hear about, but whose voices surely deserve to be heard and celebrated.