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The Ovary Office: Running for our Lives

By: Amy Ferris | July 4, 2019

Let’s not compete with each other, it does not serve us well. Let us, instead, serve each other well!

When Bullying Backfires

Let's Send One More Woman to Washington Next Year

Is it 2020 Yet? Let's Nominate a Woman for President

For Facts' Sake -- VOTE

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Zelophehad’s Daughters: Breaking the Glass Ceiling Before Glass Existed

By: Maya Jodidio | January 9, 2017
From our partner Jewish Women's Archive

Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign inspired this young feminist as much as Zelophehad’s daughters, five revolutionary biblical women.

Teen Voices

Fate of Study Abroad Program Unclear to Young Women

By: Sharon Igbokwe and Morgane de Lacey Evans | November 21, 2016

Samantha fears her 14-year-old sister won’t be able to take advantage of a popular study abroad program now that the U.K. voted to leave the EU.

Teen Voices

Some Conservative Girls Feel ‘Shut Down’ on Liberal College Campuses

By: Naomi Grant | September 26, 2016

Heather Reed’s dream job is to be a mother. That view puts her at odds with some peers on her liberal college campus. So does her opposition to abortion.

Teen Voices

Girls Rights Take Stage At #GirlsGovern Town Hall

By: Naomi Grant | September 22, 2016

GlobalGirl Media’s #OwnTheMic Town Hall put a spotlight on issues facing girls and the solutions they proposed.

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Yezidi woman in yellow dress and white scarf stands against the wall of a building, staring off screen

In German Sanctuary, Yezidi Women Begin to Face the Aftermath

By: Eetta Prince-Gibson | September 14, 2016

“They are experiencing multiple levels of trauma,” says the medical chief of this special quota project. “There is the individual trauma, of course. And the collective trauma; because the genocide was directed at their entire community.”

Black Lives Matter

In NYC, Two Moms Describe the Intimacy of #BlackLivesMatter

By: Carson Brown | September 12, 2016

Trayvon Martin and Sandra Bland. These and other names inform their most mundane moments. “Don’t put that hoodie on!,’” one woman thinks as she watches her son get dressed for school, ready to move beyond her reach. “He could look like anybody from behind.”

Liberia

In Liberia, Girls and Women Face a Future Without U.N. Peacekeepers

By: Monique John | September 7, 2016

The reputation of the U.N.’s peacekeeping troops in the country has been blemished by allegations of sexual misconduct and the mission is incomplete. But many Liberians still trust foreign security forces more than their own, raising questions about the fate of girls and women.

Politics

Women Running for Senate Pour Millions into Their Campaigns

By: Sharon Johnson (WeNews senior correspondent) | August 29, 2016

John McCain, a formidable fundraiser, faces Democrat Ann Kirkpatrick in Arizona, in one of the country’s most expensive Senate races. Meanwhile, the two women bidding for Barbara Boxer’s seat in California are also each raising millions.

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Is the U.S. Ready to Start Caring About the Crisis in Caretaking?

By: Hoa Nguyen | August 24, 2016

Care economists are trying to change how people in the U.S. think about caring services for everyone; children, elderly, people with disabilities, people with medical problems. But is the country ready for such a holistic approach to national budgeting?

2016 elections

Pro-Choice Kirkpatrick Threatens to Upset McCain in Arizona

By: Sharon Johnson (WeNews senior correspondent) | August 22, 2016

If independents and Hispanics help her win, she would be a dramatic change from the incumbent on abortion rights, immigration and wage equity. She would also become Arizona’s first female senator.

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