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April 16, 2020 | Kadin Burnett | Girls, Health
Five Afghan teens designed a ventilator to help treat COVID-19

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.

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April 13, 2020 | Greta Rainbow | Violence against women
Landmark study interrogates the predictability of college campus sexual assault

These three categories — sexual projets, sexual citizenship, and sexual geographies — comprise a radically new framework for thinking about sex.

WMC Women Under Siege
April 13, 2020 | Chantal Flores | Feminism, Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
In Mexico’s state of Nuevo León, a new sororidad rises

In Mexico's northeastern state of Nuevo León, young feminists are creating their own safe spaces to share, bond and mobilize, and demand an end to the country's pervasive gender-based violence.

WMC Women Under Siege
April 11, 2020 | Mary McGill | Feminism, Health, International
Amid COVID-19 pandemic, a landmark week for abortion care access in Northern Ireland

After a tumultuous two weeks in which abortion services were supposed to be operational yet remained inaccessible through Northern Ireland’s health service, the Department of Health said medical professionals were now permitted to "terminate pregnancies lawfully."

WMC News & Features
April 10, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Health, International, Science and tech
Afghan girls create ventilator with Toyota car parts

In a country not known for its empowerment of women—or for its health system—five teenage girls are tackling Afghanistan’s coronavirus outbreak head-on.

WMC News & Features
April 09, 2020 | Carmen Rios | Economy
Federal COVID-19 relief policies failed women workers — and now feminists are fighting for them

Low-paid women workers have been devastated by the displacement cause by the pandemic. Advocacy groups are rallying to help them.

WMC News & Features
April 08, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe |
Women hardest hit as U.S. unemployment soars

As the economy continued to tank amid the coronavirus pandemic, job losses rose to more than 700,000 in the month of March—and women were disproportionately affected.

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April 07, 2020 | Irimara Gomes | Body image and body standards
How black girls can embrace our beauty in an ever-racist society

Young black children can perceive ourselves as unworthy, awful, and ugly. We see the racism in the world that sends these messages, and internalize it.

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April 06, 2020 | Neha Madhira | Health, Violence against women
The impact of the coronavirus on women must not be overlooked

More must be done to ensure that the most intimate yet essential needs of women and young girls around the world are met during this crisis.

WMC Live
April 05, 2020 | Helen Zia | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #314: Helen Zia. (Original Airdate 4/5/2020)
Robin on ignored sex differences in COVID-19’s data: symptoms, vaccine research, economics, and violence impact. Guest: Helen Zia on rising anti-Asian violence and what to do about it. Plus The Comfort Zone, and a new Letter from Ground Zero.
WMC News & Features
April 03, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Health, International
Panama restricts outdoor access by gender during lockdown

Even with a zillion variations of “lockdown” and other measures being taken around the world to contain the spread of coronavirus, Panama has managed to find its own unique way of doing things.

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April 02, 2020 | Viviana Moreno | Feminism, International
Argentina continues to fight to legalize abortion

Argentina’s battle for abortion rights reached a new boiling point in March when the country’s president, Alberto Fernández, announced a bill to decriminalize abortion.

WMC News & Features
April 01, 2020 | Susan Buttenwieser | Health
‘A powder keg waiting to explode’: COVID-19 and incarcerated women

Advocates are sounding the alarm about the risks of the new coronavirus spreading inside correctional facilities.

WMC News & Features
April 01, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Health
Conservative states are using coronavirus as an excuse to outlaw abortion

A number of conservative U.S. governors are using coronavirus as an excuse to shut down all abortion services in their states, calling them “non-essential” procedures.

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April 01, 2020 | Neha Madhira | Feminism, Science and tech
Remembering NASA pioneer Katherine Johnson

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.

WMC Live
March 29, 2020 | Robin Morgan | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #313: Special COVID-19 Edition. (Original Airdate 3/27/2020)

SPECIAL EDITION. Robin on COVID-19 news “inside the headlines.” New Feature: Comfort Zone—practical things you can do, watch, hear, share to make yourself and others feel better. Fighting Words: Trustable sources and resources for facts, not rumors.

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March 27, 2020 | Maddie Solomon | Politics
We need female leaders to achieve gender parity

We must acknowledge that sexism in U.S. politics poses a pernicious threat to restoring political and social justice.

WMC News & Features
March 26, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, Health, Violence against women
Coronavirus prompts women stuck in abusive homes to seek ‘safe phones’

In Australia, a government-supported initiative that provides “safe phones” to women stuck in violent homes is seeing a serious uptick in requests attributed to the virus, the Thomson Reuters Foundation reported Wednesday.

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March 25, 2020 | Garnett Achieng | Economy, International
Remote work in the midst of the coronavirus exacerbates inequality

The question of who will participate in and who will be excluded from the future of work — in times of crisis and the rest — requires a thorough analysis.

WMC News & Features
March 24, 2020 | Treva Lindsey | Arts and culture, Media, Race/Ethnicity
African American women are history makers. Here’s a list of must-reads!

These recent works by Black women historians challenge conventional narratives of the history of the United States.

WMC Women Under Siege
March 23, 2020 | Nicola Pardy | Gender-based violence, International, Violence against women
Amid Syria’s civil war, a rise in miscarriages among displaced women in the northeast

Months after Turkish forces launched an offensive in the Rojava region, which some have likened to genocide, a rise in miscarriages sheds light on the unseen impacts of the occupation.

WMC News & Features
March 19, 2020 | Jhumka Gupta, ScD, MPH | Gender-based violence, Health
What does coronavirus mean for violence against women?

While necessary to combat the spread of COVID-19, sheltering in place has been shown to exacerbate domestic violence.

WMC News & Features
March 18, 2020 | Lauren Wolfe | Gender-based violence, Health, International
Situation deteriorates for Syrian women and girls

Stories about something that is “still” happening don’t get many eyeballs. But there is no way around what is still happening to Syrian women and girls as the conflict enters its 10th year, and the United Nations is sounding the alarm.

WMC Live
March 15, 2020 | Brianna Wu | Politics, Robin Morgan
WMC Live #312: Brianna Wu. (Original Airdate 3/15/2020)

Robin on Mexico’s “Day Without Women,” Dubai’s sheik (the father from hell), a newfound teensy-weensy dinosaur, and finding ourselves “In Plague Time.” Guest: Brianna Wu, Gamergate survivor now running for Congress to break up Big Tech monopolies.

WMC News & Features
March 13, 2020 | Susan Buttenwieser | Politics
Supreme Court weighing abortion restrictions

Advocates are expressing concern that less than four years after the court ruled that TRAP laws are unconstitutional, it has agreed to revisit the question.

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