This approach is precisely how we plan to carry forward Dr. King’s legacy.
When thinking about the experiences of survivors, it is easy to imagine a level of finality, implying the hard part is over, and it is now time to move on. But it is not.
A look back on 10 years of a revolution centered on the liberation of women.
Dorothy Pitman Hughes, who died in December, is remembered as a pioneer of civil rights, early childhood education, domestic violence shelters, and feminism. Gloria Steinem considers “the power of one person to influence history.”
I spent that first semester comparing myself to a misconstrued interpretation of my seemingly flawless classmates’ presentations of their academic lives on social media
Milhas pela Vida das Mulheres (Miles for Women’s Lives)” helps more than 200 women each month access legal abortion in Brazil in cases where the abortion is legal, and abroad in cases where it is not.
Women Under Siege spoke with American anti-war activist Jody Williams, Yemeni human rights activist Tawakkol Karman, and Liberian peace activist Leymah Gbowee about their trip with Nobel Women's Initiative to Ukraine, the stories they heard there, and how Ukrainian women are fighting for peace in their country.
Florida school districts are receiving nationwide backlash for requiring students to provide records of their menstrual cycle to play sports.
Young girls, women, and transgender people are being told to stay silent in regard to their menstrual cycle.
In May, the school shut down its 54-year-old student newspaper, The Viking Saga, because of two articles that discussed LGBTQ+ issues.
In her upcoming memoir “This Arab Life: A Generation’s Journey into Silence,” Amal Ghandour weaves personal history to offer a thoughtful meditation on the veil's place within a modern Middle East.
When it comes to the media’s depictions of abortion, what we most often see may not accurately depict the reality of people’s experiences with abortion.
As an advocate and a survivor, I know how hard it can be for many survivors to find real joy amid the giant cloud of darkness that comes after experiencing violence.
Why didn’t I stop and take a break? Because no one else around me was.
Cancel culture is the practice of ostracizing someone whose comments or actions transgress societal boundaries.
On June 20, a joint investigation from The Intercept Brazil and the website Portal Catarinas found that an 11-year-old (who has remained anonymous) had not only been denied an abortion after becoming pregnant as a result of rape but was also separated from her mother, who was vocal about terminating the pregnancy, and sent to foster care.
Even before Roe v. Wade was overturned, reproductive choice in the United States was reserved for those with the appropriate social and financial resources.
We're still referring to mixed-gender groups as “guys.”
“There is a big difference between things being fair and things being set right.”
For the first time in my young life, I feel well and truly hopeless.
The paradigm for women’s health and psychiatry is certainly shifting, but centuries of medical misogyny will require years of thoughtful effort to undo.
Why is that fan behavior practically normalized for a fandom that’s stereotypically male, when “fangirls,” who do little more than scream at the top of their lungs as they wait outside of concert venues, are widely considered crazy?
More than 216,000 women experience homelessness each night in the United States.
Recent crackdowns have forced women activists to sometimes operate covertly, but they are adamant they will never stop raising their voices.
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