An interview with Anna Simone, a sociologist and a professor at the University of Roma Tre, about how women and men are scrutinized differently by the Italian media and public.
Media coverage of sexual violence in India, both domestically and globally, has ignored the vast majority of rapes. Obscured from public view by the media, those stories that don’t make national and global headlines face near-insurmountable hurdles to justice.
Protests erupted this week in response to a new abortion ban, but the government has been attacking women’s and LGBTQ rights for years.
The Women’s March had its first historic rally in January 2017, and organized its most recent march on October 17.
Zayed’s documentary, Lift Like a Girl, is set to make its U.S. premiere at the DOC NYC film festival on November 11.
As the United States creeps towards Gilead, the people of Chile voted to rewrite their constitution with the mandated participation of 50% women.
Activist Erika Andiola discusses how this response avoids fundamental change, and how a Biden/Harris administration can send the right message on immigration.
The crises that compel refugees to attempt the dangerous journey to Europe haven't ended. Many, including pregnant women, continue to risk drowning, meeting violent pushbacks at sea and land borders, living in unsafe conditions in the camps, and facing racist violence and discrimination.
A new movement has sparked public discourse among Iranian women as they take to social media with their own #MeTooIran moments.
The jury is still out on the impact of his comments on the Vatican, and at a time when Senate Republicans are pushing a conservative Catholic nominee.
Cultures of institutions are almost always a product of not just their founders, but those who carry on their legacies. In the United States, the medical profession was founded by white men, and today, most physicians are privileged white men.
Campaigning during the pandemic has forced candidates to innovate and improvise.
There has been a 52% increase of Latinas incarcerated nationally
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.
New York State Senator Jessica Ramos and activists are pushing to restrict the NYPD's use of drones to surveil people at First Amendment protected gatherings.
Sexist microaggressions perpetuated among peers also contribute to the prevalence of rape culture in Indian high schools.
The film centers on a Taiwanese American girl named Christy, who is struggling to process both her parents’ divorce and the new family dynamics that come with it.
Our reclaimed pride in indigenous heritage is an opportunity for Latin American immigrants and U.S. First People to work as allies.
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).
How many killings will it take for the government there to declare a state of emergency?
To improve the U.S.’s policies on this front, their government can look to a perhaps surprising place for a model for how to better support trans citizens: Uruguay.
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