In 1975, 90% of Icelandic women went on strike, refusing to perform any professional or household labor, and rallied across the country to demonstrate for gender equality. A 2025 documentary on their historic strike is now inspiring feminists worldwide. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

“It’s been in the shadows, and it’s great that we’re recognizing this biology in a person’s life. We owe it to women to increase awareness.” womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

In 2021, we launched "Unspinning the Spin: The Women’s Media Center Guide to Fair and Accurate Language," a searchable online tool for bias-free words and phrases. Media, we're looking at you: buff.ly/2YJWeD0

Beyond symbolism & numbers, can these newly elected officials—many of whom are historic firsts—contribute to movements to remove barriers for women seeking office, & to efforts to meaningfully improve the lives of women, girls & gender-expansive people? womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

For decades, women’s health advocates have been combating the stigma and misinformation around menopause and perimenopause. Finally, some of these efforts are being reflected in proposed legislation. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

There are still 34 U.S. states where child marriage is still permitted. “The reason they’re not moving quickly to do it is, in many cases, misogyny.” womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

In 2025, the US is still witnessing “firsts” for women of all races and for other minoritized people in electoral politics. What's less obvious, however, is what it means for how women will fare in upcoming election cycles, especially in the 2026 midterms. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

In 2017, the plight of the Rohingya made global headlines. 8 years later, the world is short on concrete commitments to resolve the crisis that displaced them. It's past time to listen to Rohingya women for any decisions on the future of their people. womensmediacenter.com/women-under-...

"When we discuss election results as historic, it is important to dissever all the variegation of ceilings women candidates attempt to break." womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

Please join us in celebrating our fearless leader @janefonda.com's birthday! We're forever grateful for her leadership and example. (Pictured below at the 20th anniversary WMC Awards in June with fellow co-founders Robin Morgan & Gloria Steinem)

Since 2023, 20 bills regarding menopause have been introduced in 13 states. While only 3 of those bills were passed, they reflect a new acknowledgment that more needs to be done and a potential to make positive change at the policy level. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

For decades, women’s health advocates have been combating the stigma and misinformation around menopause and perimenopause. Finally, some of these efforts are being reflected in proposed legislation. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

Alicia Partnoy survived 105 days as a disappeared person in an extermination camp during Argentina’s military juntas between 1976 and 1983. She knows firsthand the horrors of authoritarianism and dictatorships. womensmediacenter.com/idare/when-i...

The future of U.S. women in electoral politics can simultaneously feel bright and uncertain.

The online harassment of women, sometimes called cybersexism or cybermisogyny, is specifically gendered abuse targeted at women and girls online. If you're being targeted, here are some resources at the WMC Speech Project to support you: buff.ly/3JSWDFO

Conservatives and authoritarian leaders and movements ignore or forget, at their own peril, that "feminism has never worked through approval or depended on single spectacular moments," as @sorayachemaly.bsky.social writes. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

"When we discuss election results as historic, it is important to dissever all the variegation of ceilings women candidates attempt to break." womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

How can the international community resolve the Rohingya crisis? As a start, it should ensure that women, and the gendered impacts of conflict, are at the center of any decision-making about the Rohingya’s future and accountability efforts. womensmediacenter.com/women-under-...

Revolutions can be slow, and quiet, but persistent, and some of the most impactful ones in our society (if not all of them) benefited from women’s long tail of daily refusal, revision, and reimagining that constituted it. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

In 2025, the US is still witnessing “firsts” for women of all races and for other minoritized people in electoral politics. What's less obvious, however, is what it means for how women will fare in upcoming election cycles, especially in the 2026 midterms. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

WMC SheSource features experts on the SCOTUS FTC firing case; campaign finance; AI regulations; Warner Bros bidding war; transatlantic relations; Australia social media ban; fall of the Assad regime anniversary; Japan's tsunami warning; and #16 Days: womensmediacenter.com/shesource/ne...

In 2017, the plight of the Rohingya made global headlines. Nearly a decade later, the world is short on concrete commitments to resolve the crisis that displaced them. It's past time to listen to Rohingya women for any decisions on the future of their people. womensmediacenter.com/women-under-...

In 2021, we launched "Unspinning the Spin: The Women’s Media Center Guide to Fair and Accurate Language," a searchable online tool for bias-free words and phrases. Media, we're looking at you: buff.ly/2YJWeD0

"Today’s feminist change, globally, is under massive threat, but it is still taking place... It is diffuse, largely leaderless, and taking place at the most granular levels of life." womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

There are only 16 states, 1 district, and 2 territories where the minimum age of marriage has been raised to 18, WITHOUT EXCEPTION. In many states, marriage provides an exemption from or a defense against charges of statutory rape. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

"Feminist movements are anti-fragile... By the time change is recognized in terms of “political” gains, through formal laws, court rulings, and workplace policies, the change has happened. No spectacle, no heroes, no barricades." womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

Although it has been less than a year since Trump began his second term, the proliferation of anti-LGBTQ policies and sentiments coming from the White House, especially the ones aimed at transgender people, have had almost immediate impacts. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

Conservatives and authoritarian leaders and movements ignore or forget, at their own peril, that "feminism has never worked through approval or depended on single spectacular moments," as @schemaly writes. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

The U.S. does not legislate on child marriage at a federal level, which is why, as recently as 2018, child marriage was legal in every state in the U.S. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

The online harassment of women, sometimes called cybersexism or cybermisogyny, is specifically gendered abuse targeted at women and girls online. If you're being targeted, here are some resources at the WMC Speech Project to support you: buff.ly/3JSWDFO

There are still 34 U.S. states where child marriage is still permitted. “The reason they’re not moving quickly to do it is, in many cases, misogyny.” womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

Revolutions can be slow, and quiet, but persistent, and some of the most impactful ones in our society (if not all of them) benefited from women’s long tail of daily refusal, revision, and reimagining that constituted it. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

This week, WMC SheSource features experts on the SCOTUS FTC firing case; campaign finance; AI regulations; Warner Bros bidding war; transatlantic relations; Australia social media ban; fall of the Assad regime anniversary; Japan's tsunami warning; and #16 Days: womensmediacenter.com/shesource/ne...

So many people I talk to are disheartened about the state of feminism, but I am really not. Feminisms are diffuse in everything that is happening.

The future of U.S. women in electoral politics can simultaneously feel bright and uncertain.

"When we discuss election results as historic, it is important to dissever all the variegation of ceilings women candidates attempt to break," writes @divafeminist.bsky.social in our latest. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

"Today’s feminist change, globally, is under massive threat, but it is still taking place... It is diffuse, largely leaderless, and taking place at the most granular levels of life." womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

Tools that are trained on vast data sets can unintentionally replicate the existing forms of bias and inequality inherent in that data. And women’s lives are already being devastated as a result. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

In 2025, the US is still witnessing “firsts” for women of all races and for other minoritized people in electoral politics. What's less obvious, however, is what it means for how women will fare in upcoming election cycles, especially in the 2026 midterms. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

Conservatives and authoritarian leaders and movements ignore or forget, at their own peril, that "feminism has never worked through approval or depended on single spectacular moments," as @sorayachemaly.bsky.social writes. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

Did you know? According to research by Unchained at Last, between 2000 and 2021, more than 314,000 children were legally married in the United States; 86% of those married were girls, most aged 16 or 17, though some were as young as 10. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

Beyond symbolism & numbers, can these newly elected officials—many of whom are historic firsts—contribute to movements to remove barriers for women seeking office, & to efforts to meaningfully improve the lives of women, girls & gender-expansive people? womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

Already 40% of transgender youth live in a state that restricts or bans gender-affirming health care, including puberty blockers and hormones. This care is crucial for the treatment of gender dysphoria, which can cause depression, anxiety, and suicidality. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

We’re now living through slow revolutions, writes @sorayachemaly.bsky.social. They may be "granular and incremental, nonspectacular and nonheroic," but "the results change how everyday life is lived." womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

In case you didn't know: Loopholes in immigration laws enable American girls to be trafficked legally overseas and forced to marry adult men from foreign countries so they can get U.S. visas. And American men can legally import child brides from overseas. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

"Feminist movements are anti-fragile... By the time change is recognized in terms of “political” gains, through formal laws, court rulings, and workplace policies, the change has happened. No spectacle, no heroes, no barricades." womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

Attacks on LGBTQ civil rights are coming from all three branches of the federal government as well as state legislatures, where over 600 anti-LGBTQ bills have been introduced this year. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

WMC SheSource currently features experts on the affordability crisis; the Education Dept's dismantling; BBC resignations; the new CDC head; Ukraine; Mark Kelly's court martial threat; military in the Caribbean; Taiwan; World AIDS Day; and NNAH Month womensmediacenter.com/shesource/ne...

There are still 34 U.S. states where child marriage is still permitted. “The reason they’re not moving quickly to do it is, in many cases, misogyny.” womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

Revolutions can be slow, and quiet, but persistent, and some of the most impactful ones in our society (if not all of them) benefited from women’s long tail of daily refusal, revision, and reimagining that constituted it. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...