The Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade is a backlash at the women's movement of epic proportions. It throws out fifty years of safe and legal abortion. It threatens the lives, health, and futures of women. It is a travesty of justice. The Women's Media Center fights for inclusion, equality, and representation. We stand for reproductive freedom and the right to make your own decisions about reproductive health. We are in this fight for the long-term. We will not stop.
The Supreme Court has overturned Roe v. Wade. Here is a list of WMC SheSource experts on abortion.
THE WOMEN'S MEDIA AWARDS WILL BE BACK IN PERSON FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2019
THURSDAY NOVEMBER 17, 2022
New York City
Why: Media shapes us, informs our ideas, policies and politics. It tells us who we are, and what we can be.
What: WMC works toward media equality using interconnected strategies of research, original stories and articles, promotion of women experts and media training.
Female representation dropped overall this year in the nominations in 18 non-acting categories for the 94th Academy Awards. Of the 205 people receiving nominations this year, 55 (27%) are women, compared to 150 (73%) men. This is the lowest rate of female behind-the-scenes representation at the Oscars in three years.
The Status of Women in the U.S. Media 2021 is comprised of 109 studies and reports, including original research by the Women’s Media Center and aggregated research from academia, industry and professional groups, labor unions, media watchdogs, newsrooms, and other sources.
Watch our video to see how the Women's Media Center is working to make women and girls more visible and powerful in media. Featuring graduates of the WMC Progressive Women's Voices media and leadership training.
Watch the first WMC Exceptional Journalism Awards recognizing outstanding journalism by diverse women storytellers which was first shown on December 16, 2021.
In celebration of National Dictionary Day, the Women’s Media Center today launched a new online resource and media channel, Unspinning the Spin: The Women’s Media Center Guide to Fair and Accurate Language. Written by Rosalie Maggio.
Unspinning the Spin was created to help everyone understand and be understood. Consumers and creators of media are the most obvious beneficiaries, but almost anyone can benefit from this up-to-date guide on the background, current uses, accuracy, alternatives, and best practices for choosing and de-coding common words and phrases. This resource goes beyond the scope of a dictionary or thesaurus. It’s the result of mining a wide variety of fields for accurate, inclusive, creative, and clear words and phrases. As a compendium that is easy to consult, practical, informative, and witty, it is indispensable for everyday use.
The number of women nominated for non-acting Primetime Emmys in 2021 decreased by three percentage points compared to 2020, according to a Women’s Media Center (WMC) analysis.
The Women’s Media Awards honor champions for women in media. The extraordinary women we recognize set the standard for what media should look like when it gives voice to the diverse female half of the country.
WMC research and reports are more than just statistics—they are evidence and tools for social change, and create benchmarks to highlight the status and progress of women in media.
WMC News and Features provide progressive women’s perspectives on both headline stories and timely events ignored or misrepresented in the mainstream media.
Pioneering intersectional teen feminism, WMC Fbomb provides socially conscious youth with a welcoming, progressive-minded community.
WMC IDAR/E spotlights the voices of diverse Latinas on a range of current and emerging issues.
The Women’s Media Center press kit contains approved WMC images, logos and biographies for reporters, editors, producers and bookers, in addition to our press release database.
WMC Women Under Siege examines how sexualized and other violence is being used to devastate women and tear apart communities around the world, in conflict and beyond.
WMC Speech Project spotlights and documents online abuse and its effects on women’s rights, civic participation, and free speech.
WMC media training gives diverse women leaders the tools to be media-smart and media-savvy and helps expand the representation of women, as pundits and as sources, on all media platforms.
Women's Media Center Live with Robin Morgan is a nationally syndicated American radio show and podcast with an audience in 110 countries around the globe and on iTunes.
The Women’s Media Center (WMC), a nonprofit that conducts research on and advocates for the visibility of women and girls in media, released a report last week that analyzed the demographics of host and guest appearances on the five biggest Sunday shows. Researchers looked at episodes that aired in 2020 for ABC’s This Week, CBS’s Face the Nation, CNN’s State of the Union, Fox News Sunday, and NBC’s Meet the Press.
WMC SheSource is an online database of women experts who we connect to journalists, bookers, and producers, thereby increasing the number of diverse women in our media.
The WMC Guide to Fair and Accurate Language
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