In 2005, Dorothy Largay received a monetary windfall and asked herself how she could use the funds in the most efficient way to generate social change. She always had a passion for empowering women around the world. “Since women are the essential change agents as the health and economic decision-makers for their families, investing in [...more...]
Starting with small community performances, a one-woman off-Broadway production, and then performances on college campuses, The Vagina Monologues was a revelation. Its raw, honest, and unflinching look at women’s relationships to their vaginas changed minds [...more...]
Trailblazers
Hali Lee has founded or co-founded multiple philanthropy and giving networks, all born from the idea that expanding the notion […more…]
Pat Mitchell is a pioneering figure in the media industry, a dedicated advocate for women’s rights, and a firm believer […more…]
An esteemed leader in civic and philanthropic work who currently serves as the president and CEO of the California Community […more…]
Our World
A crumbling sea-worn headstone, half-submerged in dark sand: This is all that’s left of a burial site in Togoru, Fiji. […more…]
The line of green-clad rangers step carefully through the dense foliage of a forest in Zimbabwe, rifles bouncing on their […more…]
The image made headlines around the world: five Indigenous women in traditional regalia standing outside the imposing facade of a […more…]
Our Solidarity
Brian Anderson, a social worker and educator learning about sexual and domestic violence, started to explore issues surrounding men and […more…]
In 1990, Tony Porter was director of a substance use program in a hospital north of New York City. There, […more…]
An esteemed leader in civic and philanthropic work who currently serves as the president and CEO of the California Community […more…]
Our Security
Liliana, a survivor of domestic violence, found herself displaced from her home at the age of 55. Struggling to afford […more…]
For decades, feminists have debated over whether sex work is a viable profession or inherently exploitative. The result of this […more…]
While he was raised in Southeast Los Angeles County by Mexican immigrant parents, Miguel Santana’s life was mostly driven by […more…]
Our Safety
The year was 2002. The country, Bolivia. A 15-year-old girl was repeatedly raped by her relative over the course of […more…]
When Katie Marquart joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as a young lawyer, she knew about the firm’s prowess in […more…]
One out of every five women in the United States will be a victim of rape in her lifetime. In […more…]
Our Minds
Nanny. Housekeeper. Personal shopper. Plumber. Judaline Cassidy worked a series of jobs after leaving her native Trinidad and Tobago to […more…]
Too many preteen girls have the same worrisome rite of passage. Their confidence plummets. They suffer from negative body image. […more…]
Kara Nortman, a venture capitalist and tech executive, is currently the co-founder and managing partner of Monarch Collective, a sports […more…]
Our Leadership
When it comes to pushing for more equal representation of women and other underrepresented groups in top leadership positions, your […more…]
A movement often starts with a moment. For Dr. Denise Raquel Dunning, that moment happened when she was just 12 […more…]
Change doesn’t just happen overnight; we must make it happen. Solving gender equity issues, as well as effectively navigating other […more…]
Our Democracy
In January 2021, the inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman delivered her poem, “The Hill We Climb,” at the […more…]
Are you furious that the extremist Supreme Court is rolling back the rights of women and girls, pregnant people, and […more…]
How is it that over 60% of Americans support the legalization of abortion in most cases, but Roe v. Wade […more…]
Our Culture
In 1990, Franco Stevens founded Curve magazine, the best-selling lesbian magazine in the U.S. for the last three decades. The […more…]
In virtually all areas of arts and culture, women and girls are underrepresented – and it’s not because they don’t […more…]
Our understanding of history begins in the classroom. As young students, ideas of identity, equity, and place are explored through […more…]
Our Careers
Cherie Blair CBE, KC is an enormously influential figure at the intersection of business, politics, activism, and law. A renowned […more…]
Access to credit is a mighty tool in the modern world. Without it, individuals may face barriers to education, housing, […more…]
Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky never imagined their stories of sexual harassment in the workplace would launch a wave of […more…]
Our Bodies
In 2005, Dorothy Largay received a monetary windfall and asked herself how she could use the funds in the most […more…]
She only had two weeks to live. This is a patient’s story that is all too familiar to Yonni Wattenmaker, […more…]
Born to a poor family in Western Province, Rwanda, the country’s most conservative province, Jean Berchmans Uwimana was attending medical […more…]
Impact Partners
When Katie Marquart joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as a young lawyer, she knew about the firm’s prowess in […more…]
Champion Partners
Grassroots and Grasstops Even among nonprofit giants, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation is a behemoth. With an $8.6 billion […more…]
“I’ve been committed to girls of color since I was one.” Dr. Monique Couvson, president and CEO of Grantmakers for […more…]
For Dr. Nancy O’Reilly, the mission of Women Connect4Good is intensely personal. Growing up, she felt that life looked easier […more…]