As absurd or 1950s as it sounds, women across various work sectors in Japan are being told to take off their glasses.
Amid ongoing violent demonstrations against the re-election of Bolivian President Evo Morales, masked protesters on Wednesday kidnapped the mayor of a small town in central Bolivia.
The discussion around Rep. Katie Hill's resignation has mostly missed the truths about the crime that was committed against her.
At the crux of the debate over who has the right to say the N-word without consequence is the question of ownership. When Gina Rodriguez, or anybody outside of the black community, stakes a public claim over the word, and the culture it belongs to, they rightfully court pushback from that community.
With the election of a Democratic plurality on Tuesday, Virginia is poised to become the 38th—and final—state to ratify the ERA and make it a reality.
Women, mostly, are not encouraged in society to share their opinion. In 2012, the Columbia Journalism Review published an article in which they revealed that women only wrote 20 percent of op-eds in the nation’s leading newspapers.
Robin on California's fires, dashing up Mt. Everest, workplace menopause policy, slut-shaming of a Congresswoman, and women in (yes) media. Guest: Joy Harjo, poet, musician, feminist, and the first Native American Poet Laureate of the United States.
On October 12, 2019, twenty-eight-year-old Atatiana Jefferson was shot by police officer Aaron Dean in her own home. Jefferson’s murder is yet another case of unwarranted, lethal violence perpetrated by a white police officer against a black civilian.
I used to think that kids who live in nice homes and attend good schools are not supposed to feel hopeless. I thought Black students like me were always supposed to be strong and overcome whatever we encountered the way our ancestors did.
WMC Women Under Siege editor Frances Nguyen interviews Women's Media Center Board Co-Chair Pat Mitchell on her new book, “Becoming a Dangerous Woman: Embracing Risk to Change the World.”
As states move toward ever-more-restrictive abortion regulations, Missouri has really gone over the edge. At a hearing on Tuesday, the state’s health director told lawmakers that he had been tracking the periods of women who’d been to the state’s only Planned Parenthood clinic, in St. Louis.
As a person invested in social justice activism, and who participates in it mostly online, I frequently feel overwhelmed by both the lack of news of any strides towards progress as well as a constant stream of bad news.
In a country as staunchly anti-abortion as Argentina, Sunday’s presidential election outcome signals a potential sea change for women’s rights in the notoriously restrictive country.
It took several months for me to realize what I was doing to myself. By then, I was already experiencing burnout.
Four hundred people gathered last night at the 2019 WMC Women’s Media Awards at the Mandarin Oriental in New York City to honor a variety of women whose work embodies the WMC mission of making women visible and powerful in media.
Showcases at New York Comic Con, an annual event for pop culture fans, indicate that the future is getting brighter for on-camera female representation in superhero/sci-fi films and TV. Behind the camera, progress has been much slower.
More and more women are starting to turn to mail-order services as a quick and cheap source for birth control pills. But many of these women may not be aware that they are putting themselves at risk by obtaining their pills this way.
Robin on Lev and Igor, women truckers, air-conditioning the outdoors, African American pilots, Nancy’s red dress, and clam gardens. Guest: Julie K. Brown, award-winning investigative journalist whose work reignited the Jeffrey Epstein cold case.
In an excerpt from Jane Fonda's interview on “Women’s Media Center Live With Robin Morgan,” which aired October 13 and is available by podcast at wmclive.com and other podcast platforms, Fonda talks about Fire Drill Fridays, her new campaign to mobilize action on climate change.
Recent revelations about how women's personal information is used by Facebook and other companies highlight the need for women to protect their privacy — and the need for more women in tech leadership.
There has never been a female winner of Formula 1 (F1) racing — the most prestigious category in the motorsport. But 13-year-old Juju Noda wants to change that.
As the #MeToo movement steadily grows throughout Mexico, with thousands of actions, collectives, and ongoing projects in operation throughout the country, women are finding their power to fight back and build a society in which their lives are not in constant danger.
School administrators can choose to be proactive in making their schools safer from harassment and assault, or they can wait for their students to force their hands. Either way, they’d be wise to listen to their students.
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