Both the 16 Days of Activism to End Gender-Based Violence campaign and the International Day of Persons with Disabilities fall in this week—so now is a time for a call to action on behalf of disabled women and girls who experience violence and abuse.
The author, a founding editor of Ms. Magazine and longtime journalist and advocate, remembers how she was inspired by civil and human rights activist Patricia Derian, who died last month.
The author, a disability activist, shares an insight from the “sisterhood of disability”—that handholding between friends is not just for children.
Five years after Pakistan passed a law to punish acid attacks, the violence continues even as more survivors seek justice.
The TV show, which is about to begin its last season, has been a very surprising source for authentic portrayals of people with disabilities.
The number of women in prison has been increasing at nearly double the rate of men. Advocates—including formerly incarcerated women—are taking a closer look at the reasons, and what can be done to stem the tide.
As Veterans Day approaches, advocates are calling for improvements in care for women veterans, especially those tho are survivors of sexual assault.
Stung by Michael Savage’s attack on children with autism and their parents, playwright Carolyn Doyle, in a one-woman performance currently running in San Francisco, uses her craft to show how a family navigates a mysterious world.