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The Clandestine Schools Helping Afghan Girls Learn

In Afghanistan, where girls are barred from secondary education, an underground network of home-based schools is preparing ...
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The Anti-Abortion Movement’s Use of Misinformation and Junk Science

Misinformation and false claims about the safety of abortion are proliferating and becoming key components in legislation, ...
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Women’s Media Center Mourns Death of Robin Morgan, WMC Co-Founder, Poet, Journalist, Author, Activist, Feminist, Organizer, and Friend

Julie Burton, President and CEO of the Women’s Media Center (WMC), released a statement on behalf of the Women’s Media Center ...
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Women’s Media Center Mourns Passing of Gloria Steinem WMC Co-Founder, Journalist, Author, Activist, Feminist, Organizer, Friend

Julie Burton, President and CEO of the Women’s Media Center (WMC), released a statement on behalf of the Women’s Media Center ...
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Women’s Media Center 2026 Report: Gender and Non-Acting Emmy Nominations

For some 15 years, the Women’s Media Center (WMC) has researched and produced reports on gender and non-acting nominations for the Emmy awards. These reports have documented, in detail, the ...
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Women’s and Gender Studies Under Attack

As I recently approached the final days of my 16th year as a women’s, gender, and sexuality studies professor in a department that just last year commemorated 50 years of dynamic, interdisciplinary ...
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‘It’s Time for the Truth’: Epstein Survivors’ New PSA Demands Answers From Justice Department

In the public service announcement that aired on Sunday, Epstein survivors demand full transparency and accountability. (Images courtesy of World Without Exploitation) In what they called “the most ...
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What the Justice Department’s Latest Epstein File Release Tells Us About Image-Based Sexual Abuse

Last Friday, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) published the last tranche of more than 3 million pages required by the Epstein Files Transparency Act. As first reported by The New York Times, the ...
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Film Industry and Tech Consolidation — New Boss, Same as the Old Boss

Actor and director Kristen Stewart is among the many women who have called for greater inclusiveness in the film industry. (Photo by Elena Ternovaja, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons) The reality ...
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Feminist Leaders Offer Insights and Calls for Action for the Year Ahead

Gloria Steinem: “It’s crucial that we are together in the most diverse ways possible” (Photo by Gia McKenna) Last month, I hosted notable feminist leaders at a salon at Gloria Steinem’s home on the ...
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On Trans Rights, the Pipeline From Media Misinformation to Bad Law

Attorney Chase Strangio addresses the crowd outside the U.S. Supreme Court after arguing the Skrmetti case. (Photo: Fourth Act Film) For anyone with a sense of human decency or who believes in the ...
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What It Took to Bring Equal Pay Champion Lilly Ledbetter’s Story to Life

Patricia Clarkson as Lilly Ledbetter, who became an activist for equal pay after facing misogyny and discrimination at a Goodyear plant. (Photo courtesy of Blue Harbor Entertainment) Lilly Ledbetter ...