The media reception of Febos’ new memoir has focused on the shock value of her decision to give up sex for a year, but the book offers surprising insights about community and feminism.

THE WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER hosted their 20^th Anniversary WOMEN’S MEDIA AWARDS on June 5^th at the JW Marriott Essex House Hotel in New York City. The WMC AWARDS were presented to outstanding leaders and champions for women in media. This year’s WMC 2025 Women’s Media Awards honorees were: Geralyn White Dreyfous, S. Mitra Kalita, Imani Perry, Erica Smiley, Jessica Valenti.

As WMC marks its 20th anniversary, presenters and awardees urge people to keep fighting against backlash and to find strength in community.

The acclaimed film offers a vision of women characters whose strength is rooted in textured humanity.

Victims of military domestic violence are filing claims against the Pentagon for damage, injury, and death.

The growing movement to end period poverty has made great strides in recent years, and advocates all over the world continue to push for solutions.

Director, co-writer, and producer Rachel Feldman talked to WMC about the 12-year journey behind her new film, “Lilly,” which comes to theaters across the U.S. May 9.

The uptick in women traveling alone is fueled by increasing disposable incomes, availability of information on the internet, social media, and technology.

Faculty and students are dealing with the fallout as colleges and universities capitulate to Trump-inspired attacks on free speech and academic inquiry.

Anti-abortion extremists are trying to revive an antiquated 19th-century law to block access to abortion, but new proposed legislation would weaken the law’s effect.

Persistent pay discrepancies, which cost women workers hundreds of thousands of dollars, have increased in recent years.