The Feminist Majority Foundation’s 10th annual Global Women’s Rights Awards on May 18 were a star-studded affair. Actors from Grey’s Anatomy, Orange Is the New Black, Scandal, How To Get Away […]
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The Feminist Majority Foundation is a nonprofit organization dedicated to women’s equality, reproductive health and non-violence and the publisher of Ms. FMF utilizes research and action to empower women economically, socially and politically. In addition to Ms., projects of FMF include the National Clinic Access Project, Feminist Campus, the Stop Gender Apartheid in Afghanistan: Campaign for Afghan Women and Girls and Girls Learn International.
This Is What a Feminist Looks Like
On Monday night, the Feminist Majority Foundation (publisher of Ms.) held its 10th annual Eleanor Roosevelt Global Women’s Rights Awards honoring showrunners Shonda Rhimes and Jenji Kohan. The organization recognized the two […]
Dorchester Collection Fashion Prize Cancelled in Wake of Brunei Protests
Looks like the Dorchester Collection of hotels, owned by the Sultan of Brunei, is being reminded that homophobia and misogyny is never en vogue. The Dorchester Collection had to cancel […]
NEWSFLASH: Beverly Hills Condemns Sultan of Brunei; More Groups Boycott Hotels
International outrage surged this week over the Sultan of Brunei’s new Taliban-like laws, which will see gay men and lesbians stoned to death and women who have abortions publicly flogged. The […]
Good Election News for Feminists in Virginia
Virginia feminists faced a clear choice in statewide elections yesterday. The Tea Party-backed Republican ticket opposed abortion—even in cases of rape and incest—along with gun-control measures and marriage equality. What […]
The Latest on Fighting Priest Abuse
After Pope Francis made headlines last week for saying in an interview that the Catholic Church should not spend all its time speaking out on “moral” issues such as gay […]
Global Feminist Heroes Honored in L.A.
An Afghan rapper. The founder of the first primary school for girls in a Kenyan village. A trailblazing member of Congress who fights to create an AIDS-free generation. An advocate […]
This Group Opposes VAWA—Because It Helps Lesbians
Need another reason to support Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) reauthorization? Concerned Women for America (CWA) is against it. Yes, the same group that opposes abortion and most forms of […]
Women, Money and Power
A sterling lineup of women mixed passion and good-natured humor at yesterday’s Women Money Power forum in Washington, D.C. Organized by the Feminist Majority on the occasion of its 25th anniversary, the forum, which was streamed live, brought together hundreds of women across the age spectrum–from 8th grader Isabella Gelfand, who addressed an enormous banquet hall during the celebratory lunch, to feminists in their 90s.
The FBI’s “Forcible Rape” Definition is Officially History
In an important step, the Obama administration announced today that the FBI will update its archaic definition of “forcible rape.”