More Than A Magazine, A Movement
Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation.
This week: The historical impact of Title IX extends far beyond the reaches of sports; ranked-choice voting leads to a record number of women elected in Australia; the importance of women in addressing the climate crisis;
Investing in weapons is like trusting in a house of cards: overdue for a universal collapse and destruction that seldom makes headlines. While the planet grows warmer and its climate more deadly, we’re adding to Earth’s refugee crisis by building and transporting more bloodshed.
Soaring temperatures, air pollution and extreme weather contribute to adverse pregnancy outcomes—especially for women of color.
Each month, I provide Ms. readers with a list of new books being published by writers from historically excluded groups.
Whether you read for knowledge or leisure, books are so important. May is a big month for new releases by women and writers of historically excluded communities; I’ve highlighted 60 of them here, but there are many more. I hope you’ll find some here that will help you reflect and act in whatever ways you can.
Financial instability, housing insecurity and greater caregiving responsibilities make U.S. women more vulnerable to climate disasters.
Weekend Reading for Women’s Representation is a compilation of stories about women’s representation.
This week: Women have always been at the heart of the climate change movement; best practices to increase women’s representation on public and private sector boards; Kyra Wilson is the second woman elected chief of the Long Plain First Nation; majority of Americans support ranked-choice voting; and more.
Women are by far the group most disproportionately affected by climate change. Yet, they are regularly left out of the conversation on a global scale. The United Nations estimates 80 percent of all people displaced by climate change are women and girls, who make up only 30 percent of global and national climate decision-making bodies.
When thinking about the climate crisis, it is easy to become overwhelmed by dread and feelings of helplessness. But learning about the work of incredible women activists can provide a sense of hope and optimism as we all march forward into the impending storm. If we’re willing to listen to these women, we might actually be able to make it out of this alive. And dare I say, even better than before.
With climate disasters increasing drastically, disaster resilience efforts have to adapt. Resilience Force is a new initiative working on providing disaster relief to the most vulnerable—an effort led by women of color.
A purely ecological agenda for Earth Day isn’t enough: Racial justice must be prioritized.
Unrelenting storms are ravaging the world, including Louisiana. The attack on our reproductive rights is another storm threatening Black women in Louisiana and across the country.
Black women are being denied the resources, and the right to live and raise our families with dignity—and without state interference.
