Are you furious that the extremist Supreme Court is rolling back the rights of women and girls, pregnant people, and the LGBTQIA+ community, as well as democracy itself? The National Women’s Law Center (NWLC) has a plan. “We’re an organization that is multi-strategy and multi-issue across the lives of women and girls,” says Fatima Goss [...more...]
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 [...more...]
Trailblazers
Kavita Ramdas is a globally recognized advocate for gender equity and justice, at home in academia, the corporate boardroom, and […more…]
Kimberlé Crenshaw – both Distinguished Professor of Law and Promise Institute Chair in Human Rights at the University of California, […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
The water was rising: On the western coast of Bangladesh in the early 2000s, communities deep in the Sundarbans mangrove […more…]
While Maanda Ngoitiko was growing up in her Maasai community in northern Tanzania, a blade of grass was the symbol […more…]
People don’t always agree on what feminism, equality, or system change is or looks like. But what can be agreed […more…]
Our Solidarity
For nearly a half-century, a growing number of men of all races and ethnicities in North America and around the […more…]
Equimundo’s roots can be found in Brazil, where founder and CEO, Gary Barker, was researching men in Rio de Janeiro’s […more…]
Men4Choice understands clearly that the fight for women’s reproductive freedom is not just a women’s battle. It is a vital […more…]
Our Security
When Ilwad Elman visited her native Somalia, she was eager to reunite with her peace activist mother, who had moved […more…]
Kavita Ramdas is a globally recognized advocate for gender equity and justice, at home in academia, the corporate boardroom, and […more…]
She came to Portland, Oregon, from Lebanon with a husband and children and the promise of the American Dream dancing […more…]
Our Safety
Two women live thousands of miles apart and speak different languages, but they are bound by an experience that changed […more…]
Nicole Matthews was 19 years old when her then-partner tried to kill them both. Believing falsely that she’d been cheating, […more…]
When Katie Marquart joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as a young lawyer, she knew about the firm’s prowess in […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…]
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…]
Our Leadership
It’s been more than 20 years since Joanne N. Smith founded Girls for Gender Equity (GGE), a nonprofit that works […more…]
More than 42 years ago, the intersecting ideas that representation matters and there is strength in numbers sparked nine women […more…]
When it comes to pushing for more equal representation of women and other underrepresented groups in top leadership positions, your […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…]
What happens when you’ve succeeded with your mission of seeding women-led grassroots organizations for over 30 years, and helped create […more…]
Are you furious that the extremist Supreme Court is rolling back the rights of women and girls, pregnant people, and […more…]
Our Culture
Picture this: a shy girl, 10 years old, hangs back in the classroom and on the playground. A few years […more…]
Our understanding of history begins in the classroom. As young students, ideas of identity, equity, and place are explored through […more…]
Teenagers consume media at a startling rate, averaging over 10 hours a day via film, television, video games, social media, […more…]
Our Careers
In a small community in Georgetown, Guyana, locals flocked to Radhika Basdeo’s family farm to get their fresh produce. Then […more…]
Why do women keep getting the short end of the economic stick? Throughout history, women have been a powerful, vital, […more…]
Imagine that the steering wheel of your car malfunctions. Controlling the vehicle becomes extremely challenging and potentially dangerous to all: […more…]
Our Bodies
She only had two weeks to live. This is a patient’s story that is all too familiar to Yonni Wattenmaker, […more…]
The question was simple: “How can you help pregnant women and newborn babies survive?” The question led to the creation […more…]
In 2005, Dorothy Largay received a monetary windfall and asked herself how she could use the funds in the most […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
In 2005, Dorothy Largay received a monetary windfall and asked herself how she could use the funds in the most […more…]
People don’t always agree on what feminism, equality, or system change is or looks like. But what can be agreed […more…]
When it comes to pushing for more equal representation of women and other underrepresented groups in top leadership positions, your […more…]