Feminist Leader and Human Rights Activist Yanar Mohammed Assassinated
Mohammed believed that all women, including those in the LGBTQ community, needed to achieve social integration and equality in order for democracy to occur in Iraq.
Category: Feminism
Articles with specific feminist reference
Votes for Women: A Portrait of Persistence – A New Exhibit Tells the True Story
As we move toward 2020 and a presidential election, what better time to look back at the fight it took for women to gain the right to vote — and how sectors of the...
“This Changes Everything” Doc Spotlights Women in Hollywood
An important new documentary focuses on gender discrimination on screen and behind the scenes.
From Comedy to Rallying Against the Patriarchy: Lizz Winstead’s Journey
Sure, she’s funny, as she proved on The Daily Show. Now she’s using her skills to work for reproductive rights for all.
Lou Andreas-Salomé, The Audacity to be Free
Reminiscent of two big movies of the late 1960s, “Isadora” and “Women In Love” — both made when the Women’s Movement was gaining traction — the film is a rich tapestry of history, emotion, and visual imagery.
Sexual Assault and Undocumented Women in Trumpland
Since Trump took office, there is increased concern for a demographic facing sexual assault: undocumented women.
Sexual Assault On Campus: We Believe You
“We Believe You” should be read by parents, high-school seniors, college personnel, and law-enforcement (both police and prosecutors). It needs to be placed in college and university bookstores, including those schools featured as being on the wrong side of this public epidemic.
Equal Means Equal: Why the ERA Must Be Passed
Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has said, “I would like in my lifetime to see women get fired up about the Equal Rights Amendment.”
BUY UP Index Changes the Score for Women Consumers
BUY UP Index is a mobile app which drills down on a “company’s demonstrated commitment to gender equality.”
Feminist Stories From Women’s Liberation: 1963-1970
Lee’s film yields a “complex and multilayered” account which she hopes will instruct her daughter, and future generations of girls, about the struggle that preceded them.
