How one middle school’s students and administrators worked together to create a gender-neutral dress code.
As the list of presidential contenders thins, the author of the book "Gender and the American Presidency" looks at the qualities a woman candidate needs in order to win.
The movement to elect the first woman United Nations Secretary-General is gaining momentum as the year begins.
The go-to source for reliable, women-centered health information is turning to the public for much-needed support.
After the appointment of another male managing editor last week at The Washington Post, Soraya Chemaly calls out the continuing lack of women decision makers in media.
When a woman serves time in prison, it takes a toll on both her future and her children. New sentencing alternatives, including those that keep families together, are starting to gain momentum.
In this essay, based on a commentary from the November 21 episode of WMC Live With Robin Morgan, the WMC cofounder and author of The Demon Lover: The Roots of Terrorism (Washington Square Press/Simon & Schuster) exposes the ways in which the myth of the male hero makes violence not only possible but inevitable. WMC Live is available by podcast at iTunes.
A new partnership of the NoVo Foundation and the Goren Group, a woman-owned real estate development firm, plans to transform the site of a notorious women's prison into a new center for activism and collaboration.
At the annual Women's Media Awards gala, more than 350 people gathered to honor trailblazers—and to look ahead to the next decade of making girls and women visible and powerful in media.
As Veterans Day approaches, advocates are calling for improvements in care for women veterans, especially those tho are survivors of sexual assault.
In many regions, access to public marketplaces is a must for women's lives and livelihoods. Advocates are working on new ways to make these spaces safer for women and girls.
A new UN report issues a strong call for bringing more women to the table in peace negotiations and all aspects of peacekeeping.
The new film, about a working-class woman in the British suffrage movement, opens in the U.S. next week. Can it open the doors for more movies about women's political stories?
Two WMC cofounders have a revealing conversation about Gloria Steinem's My Life on the Road.
Coverage of the Pope's U.S. visit was a missed opportunity for much of the mainstream media, writes Angela Bonavoglia, author of “Good Catholic Girls: How Women Are Leading the Fight to Change the Church.”
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