As temperatures rise around the world, one thing is clear: Women are paying an outsized price. The United Nations estimates that 80% of those displaced by climate change are women. Women are likelier victims of natural disasters, and pregnant women and babies are especially vulnerable to climate change. Black, brown, and Indigenous women, as well [...more...]
If you can’t get a seat at the table, says Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP) Founding Executive Director Madeleine Lim, then you build your own table. At first, that table looked like [...more...]
Trailblazers
In 1965, when Sara Miller McCune was only 24, she founded Sage Publishing, which grew into a major international academic […more…]
In 1990, Franco Stevens founded Curve magazine, the best-selling lesbian magazine in the U.S. for the last three decades. The […more…]
Pat Mitchell is a pioneering figure in the media industry, a dedicated advocate for women’s rights, and a firm believer […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…]
While Maanda Ngoitiko was growing up in her Maasai community in northern Tanzania, a blade of grass was the symbol […more…]
The image made headlines around the world: five Indigenous women in traditional regalia standing outside the imposing facade of a […more…]
Our Solidarity
In 1990, Tony Porter was director of a substance use program in a hospital north of New York City. There, […more…]
For nearly a half-century, a growing number of men of all races and ethnicities in North America and around the […more…]
Brian Anderson, a social worker and educator learning about sexual and domestic violence, started to explore issues surrounding men and […more…]
Our Security
While he was raised in Southeast Los Angeles County by Mexican immigrant parents, Miguel Santana’s life was mostly driven by […more…]
When Ilwad Elman visited her native Somalia, she was eager to reunite with her peace activist mother, who had moved […more…]
It wasn’t all that long ago here in the United States, when women were not allowed to own property, open […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…]
Nicole Matthews was 19 years old when her then-partner tried to kill them both. Believing falsely that she’d been cheating, […more…]
Nadia Murad was just 21 years old in 2014 when she was taken captive by the Islamic State (ISIS) in […more…]
Our Minds
Why is gender equity crucial to building the next generation of leaders in Santa Barbara County and beyond? Girls Inc. […more…]
Nanny. Housekeeper. Personal shopper. Plumber. Judaline Cassidy worked a series of jobs after leaving her native Trinidad and Tobago to […more…]
“I’ve been committed to girls of color since I was one.” Dr. Monique Couvson, president and CEO of Grantmakers for […more…]
Our Leadership
A movement often starts with a moment. For Dr. Denise Raquel Dunning, that moment happened when she was just 12 […more…]
In 1965, when Sara Miller McCune was only 24, she founded Sage Publishing, which grew into a major international academic […more…]
One of the largest and most impactful private foundations in the United States, the Annenberg Foundation, has led the charge […more…]
Our Democracy
In today’s world, the news media and the safeguards of press freedom have changed drastically. The democratic protections once available […more…]
In the U.S., there is no constitutional protection against sex discrimination. There is no explicit guarantee of equal rights for […more…]
Today, women hold less than one-third of elected offices in the U.S. at both the federal and state levels. What […more…]
Our Culture
“Lesbian” may be the first word in the LGBTQ+ acronym, but The Curve Foundation founders Franco Stevens and Jen Rainin […more…]
If you can’t get a seat at the table, says Queer Women of Color Media Arts Project (QWOCMAP) Founding Executive […more…]
Starting with small community performances, a one-woman off-Broadway production, and then performances on college campuses, The Vagina Monologues was a […more…]
Our Careers
Access to credit is a mighty tool in the modern world. Without it, individuals may face barriers to education, housing, […more…]
Wealth, in the traditional sense, is often only thought of as money. But what if it transcended that simple definition? […more…]
Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky never imagined their stories of sexual harassment in the workplace would launch a wave of […more…]
Our Bodies
Our bodies harbor memories, histories, stories, and identities. They determine how we see ourselves and how others see us. Tied […more…]
In 2005, Dorothy Largay received a monetary windfall and asked herself how she could use the funds in the most […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
One of the largest and most impactful private foundations in the United States, the Annenberg Foundation, has led the charge […more…]
We had just finished distributing the first edition of The Giving List – Bay Area when I received a call […more…]
What happens when you’ve succeeded with your mission of seeding women-led grassroots organizations for over 30 years, and helped create […more…]