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WMC News & Features
March 16, 2016 | Louise Mirrer | Education, Health
In the wake of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire: A greatest generation of women?

In honor of Women's History Month, the author, the president of the New-York Historical Society, urges us to remember a remarkable generation of reformers who worked to change conditions for working women.

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March 09, 2016 | Kathryn Kolbert | Feminism, Health, Politics
The lawyer who argued the landmark Casey decision weighs in on the Texas abortion case

Kathryn Kolbert offers her first-hand analysis of last week's arguments before the Supreme Court on Texas abortion restrictions.

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March 01, 2016 | Soraya Chemaly | International, Media, Religion, Violence against women
For women, a steep price for exercising free speech

A teen religious dissenter, forced to flee her country, now speaks out against religious fundamentalism.

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February 10, 2016 | Chelsea Carmona | Health, Media
Pregnant women and drug use: Media reinforces stigma and stereotypes

Sensationalist news coverage of pregnant women’s use of opioids is fueling calls for more punitive drug policies and an erosion of reproductive rights.

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January 28, 2016 | Dr. Martha Lauzen | Arts and culture, Media
Still too few women behind the scenes in Hollywood

According to the author of the annual Celluloid Ceiling study, there has been more talk, but precious little action to increase numbers of women in behind-the-scenes roles in Hollywood.

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January 21, 2016 | Hilary Weaver | Education, Feminism, Girls
Sexist school dress codes can be changed

How one middle school’s students and administrators worked together to create a gender-neutral dress code.

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January 14, 2016 | Nichola Gutgold | Politics
10 ways for women candidates to beat the electoral double standard

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.

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January 04, 2016 | Shazia Z. Rafi |
Will 2016 be the year for a woman UN Secretary-General?

The movement to elect the first woman United Nations Secretary-General is gaining momentum as the year begins.

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December 17, 2015 | Jeanann Pannasch |
Our Bodies Ourselves turns for help to women it has helped

The go-to source for reliable, women-centered health information is turning to the public for much-needed support.

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December 09, 2015 | Soraya Chemaly | Media
Washington Post appointment emblematic of media industry's persistent marginalization of women

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.

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December 03, 2015 | Susan Buttenwieser |
The high cost of incarcerating women

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.

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November 24, 2015 | Robin Morgan |
Robin Morgan on the terrorist mystique

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.

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November 20, 2015 | Agunda Okeyo |
Former prison to be transformed into hub for women, engagement, and action

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.

WMC News & Features
November 11, 2015 | Marianne Schnall |
Amy Schumer joins WMC founders at decade celebration

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.

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November 05, 2015 | Elayne Clift | Disability, Violence against women, WMC Loreen Arbus Journalism Program
Demanding better for women veterans

As Veterans Day approaches, advocates are calling for improvements in care for women veterans, especially those tho are survivors of sexual assault.

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October 29, 2015 | Holly Kearl |
Working together to make public spaces safer for women and girls

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.

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October 21, 2015 | Shazia Z. Rafi |
Women as peacemakers and peacekeepers: Having women at the table means a more lasting peace

A new UN report issues a strong call for bringing more women to the table in peace negotiations and all aspects of peacekeeping.

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October 14, 2015 | Louise Bernikow |
"Suffragette," with Carey Mulligan and Meryl Streep: A band of sisters coming to a theater near you

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?

WMC News & Features
October 08, 2015 | Robin Morgan | Feminism, Gloria Steinem, Robin Morgan
Gloria Steinem and Robin Morgan: On Gloria’s new book and the value of life on the road

Two WMC cofounders have a revealing conversation about Gloria Steinem's My Life on the Road.

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October 02, 2015 | Angela Bonavoglia |
Pope Watch: The mainstream media, like Francis, needs to do better by women

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.”

WMC News & Features
September 29, 2015 | Elayne Clift |
The dangerous group behind the latest attacks on Planned Parenthood

How anti-choice extremists provoked Congress's "show" hearings on defunding Planned Parenthood

WMC News & Features
September 22, 2015 | Bonnie J. Dow |
What can we learn from TV coverage of feminism in 1970?

The battle over feminism's public image continues, 45 years after network news "discovered" the feminist movement.

WMC News & Features
September 15, 2015 | Robin Morgan |
Six crucial questions for all presidential candidates

On the eve of the second Republican debate, Robin Morgan proposes questions for the candidates that include the female more than half of the country.

WMC News & Features
September 10, 2015 | Holly Kearl |
A movement to bring feminism to high school classrooms

A small but growing number of high school teachers all over the United States are offering feminist or women’s studies classes in their schools.

WMC News & Features
August 27, 2015 | Pamela Jenkins |
Ten years after Katrina: Women heroes of the recovery

As we commemorate the ten-year anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, we must remember the leadership of women—and the work still to be done.


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