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Kakenya Ntaiya Needs Your Votes!
Kakenya Ntaiya, like most young girls in her Kenyan village, was forced to undergo female genital mutilation at a young age. Many girls in Africa undergo this gruesome centuries-old practice and are then promptly married off. For most, it means the end of not only their childhood, but their education as well. But 14-year-old Kakenya […]
10 Action Ideas for Women’s Equality Day
While today may seem like an ordinary day, it’s not. It’s National Women’s Equality Day! The holiday, which began in 1971 at the urging of Rep. Bella Abzug, formally recognizes the passage of the 19th Amendment and women finally winning the vote. According to the joint resolution of Congress that created National Women’s Equality Day: […]
Feminists Must Stand with Bangladeshi Women and Preserve Grameen Bank
The fight to eradicate poverty is one of the hardest fights a country can face. As a member of Congress, it is part of my duty to encourage methods that work best. In April, Congress honored one such method when we awarded Nobel Prize Winner Muhammad Yunus the Congressional Gold Medal. Now, the pioneering institution […]
Mother’s Day Is Over—But Pregnancy Discrimination Isn’t
Women make up almost half the workforce today, and, if they become pregnant, most will work throughout their pregnancy. Given this reality, you probably think the stories below are works of a bygone era. Well, you’d be wrong. —A woman was 16 weeks pregnant and worked as a cashier at a large retailer in New […]
You Can Help Yari Yari Ntoaso Bring Black Women Writers to Ghana
A diverse gathering of dozens of women writers from Africa and its diaspora will meet in Accra, Ghana from May 16-19. And you can help make it happen by joining the indiegogo campaign that will help women writers attend. The Organization of Women Writers of Africa Inc (OWWA) is sponsoring Yari Yari Ntoaso: Continuing the Dialogue—the […]
Happy International Women’s Day!
It’s International Women’s Day! The United Nations’ theme for IWD this year is “A Promise is a promise: Time for action to end violence against women,” and across the globe, individuals and organizations have planned hundreds of events celebrating the annual event. Here are some of them: —From March 4th to 15th, the members of the UN […]
Alterna-Oscars: Vote for Women Directors!
When you’re marking your Oscar ballot tomorrow night and hoping that you win the betting pool, note once again that there are NO women directors on it. Not just Kathryn Bigelow (ZeroDarkThirty) is missing (despite her film being nominated for Best Picture), but so are a number of other fine women who have helmed terrific […]
Petition the White House to Help Ratify the ERA!
The First Amendment of the U.S. Constitution guarantees the right of the people to petition the government for a redress of grievances. If you think that after 225 years the Constitution still does not guarantee women equal rights with men is a grievance in need of redressing, then you can do something about it with […]
Vote for the Feminist Majority Foundation!
We’re excited because Working Assets/CREDO has selected the Feminist Majority Foundation–publisher of Ms. magazine and the Ms. Blog–as one of the 40 organizations to receive donations in 2013 from the funds it raised this year. But we need your help, because the amount each of the 40 groups receives depends on the number of votes […]