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October 29, 2020 | Maydeen Merino | Feminism
Here’s What It Was Like to Attend One of the 2020 Women’s Marches

The Women’s March had its first historic rally in January 2017, and organized its most recent march on October 17.

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October 27, 2020 | Sol Danor | Feminism, International
The Revolution Will Be Feminist — Or Not At All

As the United States creeps towards Gilead, the people of Chile voted to rewrite their constitution with the mandated participation of 50% women.

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October 09, 2020 | Marcela Rodrigues-Sherley | Feminism, LGBTQIA
Meet the 20-Year-Old Queer Latina Fighting to Abolish ICE

Oquita's undocumented status has not stopped her from advocating for immigration justice and fighting to defund and eventually abolish U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).

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September 21, 2020 | Isabella Poppe | Disability, Feminism, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
An Interview With Human Rights Activist Sandra Guimarães

Sandra Guimarães is a Brazilian activist for human and animal rights.

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September 17, 2020 | Abigail Sanchez | Feminism
This 16-Year-Old Is Raising Awareness About Sexual Harassment in High Schools and Colleges

In 2019, 16-year-old Thrisha Senthilnathan started an organization devoted to preventing and spreading awareness about sexual harassment in schools and colleges.

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September 15, 2020 | Megan McGibney | Feminism
The Group Monumental Women Wants to Break the ‘Bronze Ceiling’

On the 100th anniversary of the ratification of the 19th Amendment, the long-awaited Women’s Rights Pioneers Monument was unveiled in New York City’s Central Park.

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September 08, 2020 | Pauline Münch | Feminism, International, Misogyny, Politics
‘We feel the responsibility to act’: The German Grandmothers Protesting the Far Right

OMAS GEGEN RECHTS, or “Grandmothers Against the Extreme Right,” challenges the revival of far-right extremism with personal histories inextricably tied to theirs and their parents' experiences with similar movements in the past against fascism, misogyny, and racism.

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September 02, 2020 | Tharwa Boulifi | Feminism
Remembering Feminist Activist Gisèle Halimi
On July 28, Gisèle Halimi (born Gisèle Élise Taïeb), a Franco-Tunisian feminist activist, lawyer, politician, and author of 15 books, passed away at the age of 93. Tunisia and France lost a prominent,...
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August 28, 2020 | Tamar Lillenthel | Feminism
This Young Entrepreneur Is Empowering Gen Z to Have Conversations That Matter

Sophie Beren believes that "from conversation, real change can happen."

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August 24, 2020 | Ajeé Buggam | Feminism
For the Feminist Movement to Succeed, We Need to Recognize Our Privilege

How can we build on the strengths of our common experiences, while acknowledging our differences, to demand change?

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August 05, 2020 | Elianor M.A. | Feminism, Health, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
Living with a Chronic Illness Made Me A Feminist

Autoimmune diseases affect approximately 8% of the population, but 78% of those who live with these conditions are women. I’m one of those women.

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July 27, 2020 | Naomi Larsson, Charis McGowan | Feminism, Free Speech, Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Women Survivors of Torture Under Pinochet Fight His Grandniece's Appointment as Women's Minister

Women survivors of sexual torture under Augusto Pinochet's 17-year dictatorship in Chile never felt that the horrors suffered during that time have ever been adequately confronted, allowing his legacy to remain intact. Then his relative was appointed to a political role protecting women's rights.

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July 23, 2020 | Joylean M Baro | Feminism, International
The University of Zimbabwe Elected Its First Female Student Leader

Since the University of Zimbabwe was founded in 1952, no woman had ever been elected to the position of student representative council president. That changed in 2019, when 22-year-old Abiona Mataranyika was elected to the position.

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July 20, 2020 | Kamala Thiagarajan | Feminism, Gender-based violence, Girls, International, Misogyny, Online harassment, Violence against women
Instagram Scandal in Delhi’s Elite Schools Complicates India’s Reckoning with Sexual Violence

When an Instagram private group of twenty schoolboys from Delhi's elite schools fantasizing and degrading their female classmates went viral, it was supposed to offer a cultural reckoning for India's teens about misogyny and gendered violence. Then, it took a dark turn.

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July 15, 2020 | Catherine K. | Feminism
How Brazilian TV Furthered Abortion Education While the Government Tried to Ban the Procedure

A 2016 report revealed that one in five adult Brazilian women has had at least one abortion, which amounts to at least half a million women every year. Given that the practice is illegal, the number may be much higher.

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July 02, 2020 | Isabella Ramirez | Feminism
SCOTUS’ Abortion Decision Is A Win — But It’s Also Just A First Step

The Supreme Court ruled in favor of women’s reproductive rights in a 5-4 decision on June 29 by striking down a Louisiana law that would have limited the state to a single abortion clinic.

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June 29, 2020 | Garnett Achieng | Disability, Feminism, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
This Twitter Account Is Calling Out Kenyan Manels

On February 4, a Pan-African feminist lawyer (who would like to remain anonymous) decided she was tired of seeing manels day after day on Kenyan TV stations.

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June 23, 2020 | Kundai Chasinda | Feminism
Fighting Sexism In My High School

When I was 15 years old, I figured that if I wasn't accepted in any of the clubs at school, I might as well start my own, so I started a club that focused on empowering girls.

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June 15, 2020 | Sophie Hayssen | Feminism
True reproductive justice requires anti-racist advocacy

While “reproductive rights” emphasizes securing women’s legal access to reproductive care, reproductive justice emphasizes an intersectional framework that prioritizes bodily autonomy.

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June 09, 2020 | Isabella Ramirez | Feminism
TikTok continues to fail to remove sexist content

TikTok has repeatedly, purposefully censored content it deems unattractive while allowing highly publicized sexist, violent, and hateful content to remain.

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June 02, 2020 | Sophie Hayssen | Feminism
Anti-choice protestors are still out during COVID-19

Anti-choice protests were staged at clinics in North Carolina; Louisiana; Washington, D.C.; and Michigan, at which protesters similarly disregarded social distancing guidelines.

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May 26, 2020 | Asha Dahya | Feminism
An interview with child marriage activist Fraidy Reiss

An interview from Asha Dahya’s book 'Today’s Wonder Women: Everyday Superheroes Who Are Changing the World'. Asha Dahya is a survivor of child marriage.

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May 13, 2020 | Ashley Jordan | Feminism
Abortion stigma robs us of the true right to choose

The life I was choosing for myself was almost on the line. And abortion would have saved it.

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May 08, 2020 | Mardiya Siba Yahaya | Feminism
Muslim women still struggle to navigate discriminatory laws in Saudi Arabia

According to Quartz, any woman under the age of 45 seeking a hajj visa must travel with a mahram, or a male guardian, usually someone related to the woman by blood.

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May 06, 2020 | Lakshmi Gandhi | Feminism
Book censorship still occurs in American schools

Experts say censorship of reading material in schools happens more than many people realize.

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