The first rule of reporting on sexual assault is to get consent from survivors that you can use their name, image, or identifying details. Australian public broadcaster ABC screwed that up pretty badly when it began early embargoed distribution of a documentary that is actually about—seriously—#MeToo.
In her posthumous memoir, Edie Windsor details her vivacious sex life and in the process shatters stereotypes not only about lesbians but about older women in general.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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