In just three years, the number of book bans in the United States has more than doubled. A broad coalition of activists is working to slow the “relentless tide.”
In addition to screening women-focused movies, the Athena Film Festival offers talks and workshops, screenplay competitions, and year-round professional support for writers and creators.
This political moment calls for radical coalition-building, feminist global solidarity, and the use of every tool available to fight against authoritarianism.
Generation Ratify is mobilizing thousands of young activists to help get the 28th Amendment over the finish line.
On Wednesday, May 3, the Freedom to Learn National Day of Action will mobilize people to defend the right of students to learn about systemic injustice, as well as ideas that form the basis of social justice movements.
After some very promising campaign pledges, activists are giving the administration mixed reviews on immigration.
Black women in the U.S. are three times more likely to die from pregnancy-related causes than are white women. The new documentary Aftershock tells the stories of some of those women, and how their families are channeling grief into action.
Recent crackdowns have forced women activists to sometimes operate covertly, but they are adamant they will never stop raising their voices.
The proliferation of attacks on LGBTQ rights, abortion access, voting rights, and immigration have prompted activists to intensify coalition-building work.
Thursday marks the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women, which kicks off the 16 Days of Activism against gender-based violence in a year in which women have taken to the streets to protest rising violence and lack of state protection.
Biden has proposed $45 billion to replace lead water pipes throughout the country, a move that could begin to remedy decades of neglect of clean water in the U.S.
The former state legislator, well known for her filibuster of a 2013 anti-abortion bill, speaks out on how and why we must keep fighting back against the erosion of reproductive rights.
The UN Generation Equality Forum builds on the promise of the Beijing Conference of 26 years ago.
In defiance of public opinion, state legislatures in 2021 have already passed the highest number of curbs on abortion since the 1973 Supreme Court Roe v. Wade decision.
The bipartisan bill, part of the Violence Against Women Act reauthorization, would be the first to outlaw the distribution of private intimate visual depictions without consent.
The exhibit coincides with the #LanAsket (“I will not be silenced”) movement against gender-based violence and harassment.
A new rule announced by the Securities and Exchange Commission could enable investors and other groups to hold companies accountable for their impact on communities.
Activists are pushing the Biden administration to do more than “undo the damage” caused by Trump.
Argentina’s new abortion law, a result of decades of feminist organizing, is spurring hope for expanded rights elsewhere in the region.
There is a long list of actions the new administration and Congress should take for women and girls, but we can start with six things.
The measure, the first paid leave law to pass by ballot measure, will help workers who need it the most.
Wade, an acclaimed editor, longtime activist and mentor, and the lead plaintiff in a historic sex discrimination lawsuit against the New York Times, died last week.
The new documentary spotlights women’s leadership in fighting the abuse of power in the use of computer technology.
As the world observes the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women on November 25, a new report shows the extraordinary anti-violence efforts made by women's rights organizations globally.
Protests erupted this week in response to a new abortion ban, but the government has been attacking women’s and LGBTQ rights for years.