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A feminist music festival in Chile wants to challenge Latin America’s sexy,...
This story is a part of a series Singer Francisca Valenzuela performed at Viña this year too — just a week before her own, more revolutionary festival was set to start. Valenzuela is the driving force...
View ArticleHere’s Why We Need a Comeback in U.S. Women’s Commissions
SANTA BARBARA, Calif. (WOMENSENEWS)— The U.N. Commission on the Status of Women is wrapping up its 60th annual meeting in New York on March 24. It’s a huge event that attracts thousands of people from...
View ArticleFrom Cairo to Louisiana, More Female Judges Needed
NEW ORLEANS (WOMENSENEWS)—Egypt’s sacking of the Minister of Justice Ahmed al-Zend for his flippant remark that he would gladly jail journalists who broke the law—even the Prophet Mohammed...
View ArticleIn India, Daughters Have Big Family Problems with Inheritance
NEW DELHI (WOMENSENEWS)—When Gunwant Sodhi’s father died four years ago, she decided to forfeit her right to any family property. “Whatever has to be given to daughters by her parents is given as dowry...
View ArticleAbortion is on the Agenda at Women Deliver: ‘Elephant in the Room’
COPENHAGEN, Denmark (WOMENSENEWS)—The “Women Deliver” conference, a major recurring global gathering on reproductive and sexual health, has been criticized in the past for tip-toeing around the issue...
View ArticleTeen Shares the Beauty of Kenya for Girls, Visitors
(WOMENSENEWS)—In the two years that we at Daraja Academy have been publishing articles with Teen Voices, we’ve covered many aspects of life as a Kenyan girl. We’ve written about FGM, sex, sexual...
View Article‘My Passion, My Philanthropy:’ Lauren Embrey on Giving Bold and ‘Now’
DALLAS (WOMENSENEWS)—“There is no such thing as a lesser person.” That is the motto of the Embrey Human Rights Program at Southern Methodist University, and something I innately knew from birth. When I...
View ArticleMassachusetts Middle Schoolers Push for Passage of Equal Rights Amendment
PITTSBURGH (WOMENSENEWS)–Eleanor Anderson was proud to be an American when she found out that the United States has been influential in bridging gender equality gaps in countries like Kenya and...
View ArticleWomen’s Movement Will Not Retreat in the Time of Trump
(WOMENSENEWS)–With the election of Donald Trump to the presidency and his conservative agenda, the American women’s rights movement is organizing for battle. The Trump campaign for president had no...
View ArticleTeens March for Equal Rights, Planned Parenthood Across the Country
(WOMENSENEWS)–Teen girls participated in Saturday’s Women’s March for the same reason as their adult counterparts: reproductive rights, equal pay and the fear that President Donald Trump will set women...
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Legs Together and Apart
Man-spreading: you’ve probably heard that phrase. It’s currently being bandied about, especially at public transportation sites where passengers view bold signs discouraging inconsiderate men from...
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Weekly Column: WRighteous
#WeAreLife Lock her up, they chant repeatedly, incessantly, at every single rally. Continuously, lock her up…lock her up….lock her up…lock her up! Their sick, ugly, vile mantra. But they aren’t just...
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Want Equal Pay for Equal Play? Pass the ERA!
With the summer season now coming to an informal end post-Labor Day weekend, it is important to reflect on one of the most inspiring and memorable events that took place just two months ago. On July...
View ArticleBook Excerpt – She Is Me: How Women Will Save The World
FOREWORD “I would say that each of us has only one thing to gain from the feminist movement: Our whole humanity, because gender has wrongly told us that some things are masculine, and some things are...
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Three Anonymous Spouses Shaped 20th Century Media
The "father of public relations," the journalist organizer of the Newspaper Guild and the founding editor of the New Yorker all had brilliant spouses who were uncredited partners, says Susan Henry in...
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Writer Grieves for One of Afghanistan’s Lost Women
Afghanistan is a hard country for women. There is forced marriage, high risk of dying in childbirth and the Taliban. But Roya defied the statistics. She was a dedicated artist, a survivor, a dear...
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Bite-Size Videos Chronicle 100 U.S. Change Makers
On Women's Equality Day, Amy Richards reflects on a video project recording American women who've left their mark. Soon to be the largest digital collection of women's stories, MAKERS' aim is to fill...
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Catholic Ireland Awaits Report on its Abortion Law
As Ireland undergoes a steep reported drop in religiosity, the isle of saints and scholars awaits a September report by a European rights court on the country's abortion ban. The recommendations may...
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Activists Put Heads Together in Buenos Aires
A group of women's rights advocates and city legislators in Buenos Aires have established a new, formal channel of communication. This "Women's Parliament" holds its second session this month to...
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African American Women’s Legacy Is Political Power
African American women have become an increasingly important voting block, says Cindy Hooper in her book "Conflict." In this excerpt, she examines how black women started to gain this importance in...
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