Money is a form of power, and claiming this power is necessary for women to achieve equality. Financial equality is an undeniably crucial component of achieving gender equality.

While many would agree that it is necessary to call out bigotry, the prevalence of call-out culture creates toxic online spaces that are not conducive for learning.

Siblings Hannah and Charlie Lucas, who are 16 and 13 respectively, decided to use technology to do something about the teen suicide epidemic: They created the notOK app, which aims to help those in need of mental health assistance by summoning family, friends, and a network of peers for users in need of support.

The high rate of violence against women in Albania, and the perception that neither the police nor the Albanian government are doing enough to guarantee a minimum level of security for women and girls, inspired dozens of people to gather to ask a seemingly simple question: What role do our government and police force serve, if not to protect us from, and ideally prevent, violence and crime?

The Black Lives Matter movement in Brazil has largely focused on the basics: human rights and affirmative action. This is because talking explicitly about racism here is like trying to teach math to a three-year-old — pointless.

Cheryl Zondi is a 22-year-old University of Johannesburg student studying social work. On October 15, Zondi began what would be a three-day-long trial at Port Elizabeth High Court based on her allegations that her church leader, Pastor Timothy Omotoso, raped her between the years 2010 and 2015.

By creatively merging theater, dialogue, and activism in Ghana, Drama Queens, a nonprofit feminist organization, is challenging patriarchal norms and ideas and changing the damaging narratives about rape culture and sexuality that are deeply entrenched in many African societies.

Focusing on women solely in terms of gender-based violence reduces it to a “women’s issue,” which gives men, either consciously or unconsciously, a reason not to listen to or exempt themselves from conversations related to this issue.

Abrams’ reluctance to concede was not only about her determination to win, but also about preserving Georgia’s electoral integrity.

In October, disabilities activist Mara Gabrilli was elected to the Brazilian Senate at the age of 51. Many saw her victory as a sign that although a lot of extremism and hatred has been expressed in Brazilian politics over the past few years, it’s possible for this nation to elect figures aligned with a progressive agenda.

At the end of September, the nation’s attention turned to Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and the now-infamous hearing regarding Dr. Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations of sexual assault against him. While that Supreme Court-related news was obviously worthy of attention, it caused many to overlook the fact that just days later, the Supreme Court began its October sitting on the first Monday of the month.

While social media is helping to encourage young people to vote in record numbers, the actual process of voting is exceptionally digitally inept.

In 2017, Forbes listed Morocco as the second most dangerous country in the world to which women can travel. Earlier this year, the Moroccan government, thanks in no small part to complaints made by women’s rights organizations, finally acknowledged the country’s problem with harassment by passing the Violence Against Women Act in February.