Co-Directors of New Moon Network at Feminist Funded ’23: Rising. (photo by Savannah Sly, 2023) For decades, feminists have debated over whether sex work is a viable profession or inherently exploitative. The result of this debate has been conflict amongst impacted individuals, the fragmentation of feminist movements, and policy gridlock. Enter New Moon Network, an [...more...]
Grameen America offers a unique, proven solution to economic inequity in the United States, serving women entrepreneurs who are often the most disproportionately excluded from the mainstream financial system. The nonprofit microfinance organization started in [...more...]
Trailblazers
Kavita Ramdas is a globally recognized advocate for gender equity and justice, at home in academia, the corporate boardroom, and […more…]
In 1990, Franco Stevens founded Curve magazine, the best-selling lesbian magazine in the U.S. for the last three decades. The […more…]
Cherie Blair CBE, KC is an enormously influential figure at the intersection of business, politics, activism, and law. A renowned […more…]
Our World
While Maanda Ngoitiko was growing up in her Maasai community in northern Tanzania, a blade of grass was the symbol […more…]
The water was rising: On the western coast of Bangladesh in the early 2000s, communities deep in the Sundarbans mangrove […more…]
The image made headlines around the world: five Indigenous women in traditional regalia standing outside the imposing facade of a […more…]
Our Solidarity
Men4Choice understands clearly that the fight for women’s reproductive freedom is not just a women’s battle. It is a vital […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
For decades, feminists have debated over whether sex work is a viable profession or inherently exploitative. The result of this […more…]
It wasn’t all that long ago here in the United States, when women were not allowed to own property, open […more…]
Kavita Ramdas is a globally recognized advocate for gender equity and justice, at home in academia, the corporate boardroom, and […more…]
Our Safety
Well before #MeToo became a global conversation, Futures Without Violence (FUTURES) had learned that men would not talk to their […more…]
When Katie Marquart joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as a young lawyer, she knew about the firm’s prowess in […more…]
Nicole Matthews was 19 years old when her then-partner tried to kill them both. Believing falsely that she’d been cheating, […more…]
Our Minds
Victoria Shorr still remembers the eagle that soared over her students on the opening day of the academy she co-founded […more…]
“I’ve been committed to girls of color since I was one.” Dr. Monique Couvson, president and CEO of Grantmakers for […more…]
Janet Todd, executive director of Girls on the Run North Bay, has the same goal for everyone who participates in […more…]
Our Leadership
A movement often starts with a moment. For Dr. Denise Raquel Dunning, that moment happened when she was just 12 […more…]
One of the largest and most impactful private foundations in the United States, the Annenberg Foundation, has led the charge […more…]
More than 42 years ago, the intersecting ideas that representation matters and there is strength in numbers sparked nine women […more…]
Our Democracy
In January 2021, the inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman delivered her poem, “The Hill We Climb,” at the […more…]
In today’s world, the news media and the safeguards of press freedom have changed drastically. The democratic protections once available […more…]
How is it that over 60% of Americans support the legalization of abortion in most cases, but Roe v. Wade […more…]
Our Culture
“Lesbian” may be the first word in the LGBTQ+ acronym, but The Curve Foundation founders Franco Stevens and Jen Rainin […more…]
Starting with small community performances, a one-woman off-Broadway production, and then performances on college campuses, The Vagina Monologues was a […more…]
Teenagers consume media at a startling rate, averaging over 10 hours a day via film, television, video games, social media, […more…]
Our Careers
Imagine that the steering wheel of your car malfunctions. Controlling the vehicle becomes extremely challenging and potentially dangerous to all: […more…]
Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky never imagined their stories of sexual harassment in the workplace would launch a wave of […more…]
In a small community in Georgetown, Guyana, locals flocked to Radhika Basdeo’s family farm to get their fresh produce. Then […more…]
Our Bodies
The untimely death of Kira Johnson from internal bleeding after a cesarean section in 2016 highlighted the problem. Tennis champion […more…]
In 2005, Dorothy Largay received a monetary windfall and asked herself how she could use the funds in the most […more…]
In 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the longstanding legal protections of Roe v. Wade, which ensured the federal right […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
Did you know that the word “radical” comes from the Latin word for roots? “Radical means going to the roots, […more…]
An Atlanta native, Lisa M. Hamilton hails from the heart of America’s civil rights movement. Her father was a criminal […more…]
People don’t always agree on what feminism, equality, or system change is or looks like. But what can be agreed […more…]