This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For many community-level organizations led by women around the world, innovation is born of necessity. It is only by thinking creatively within systems—systems that have been designed to put them…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Q: As a woman, have you ever experienced violence or sexual harassment? What happened? A: Yes. I am a survivor of domestic violence. I was raped, beaten, gaslit, robbed and…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Emily May moved to New York City after college with the intent of working for social change. Initially, she focused on anti-poverty work. But it was her experience of street…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. For now, the majority of family planning options are designed for women, and options for men are limited to condoms, vasectomies, and the withdrawal method of contraception. Although these options…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. While men and women alike are finding renewed hope that their stories of sexual harassment, violations, assaults and abuses will spark real change—both in the workplace and out—the “bro culture,”…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Halima came to Bangladesh three months ago to escape the violence in Northern Rakhine. She does not know where her family are and arrived with her neighbours. More than half…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Human trafficking is more prevalent than many people think. Nearly 21 million victims around the world – including in the United States – are currently trapped in modern-day slavery, according…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. Last week, a day after The New York Times reported many years’ worth of sexual-harassment allegations against film producer Harvey Weinstein, another alarming report appeared, this one in Science magazine. The setting was different—Antarctic research expeditions,…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The “Yes Means Yes” bill was a big deal when Jerry Brown, the governor of California, signed it into law in 2014. Essentially, it requires all parties to get consent…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. As United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres moves to make good on a decades-old commitment of gender parity, some U.N. observers and staff representatives are questioning the way the potentially transformative, system-wide…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The chant of “Black girl power!” chant echoed throughout a room filled with purple balloons and ribbons early Saturday morning. More than 100 girls and their mothers, teachers, mentors—and one…
This article is deemed a must-read by one or more of our expert collaborators. The U.N. human rights office will tackle sexual harassment and establish a volunteer network of in-house “first responders” to address inappropriate conduct, heeding the U.N. secretary-general’s call that more be…