Teaching Gender Norms to Refugees
How do you teach equality of the sexes to adults from cultures that have never experienced it?
Indigenous Ubers
“I tell myself, if I can help this person, why not?” Silvia Mora is a raitera, someone who offers rides to her neighbors in isolated communities in the Central Valley of California, in exchange for gas money and conversation.
Lorena Ramírez, Ultra Marathon Runner (in a dress and sandals)
Today Lorena Ramírez Hernández becomes the first Rarámuri woman to compete in a European ultra-marathon.
Kamala Harris, silenced again: #shepersisted
Sometimes (read, when you are speaking while female), the phrase "give me a yes or no answer" can be called "hysterical".
"America Turned Me Into a Feminist"
"In the Czech Republic, nicknames for women, whether sweet or bitter, fall into the animal category: little bug, kitten, old cow, swine. In Sweden, women are rulers in the universe.... Read More
Meet Marichuy, Mexico's First Indigenous Presidential Candidate
Maria de Jesus Patricio Martinez, known to most as Marichuy, is a Nahua curandera (healer) from Jalisco.
Wonder Woman is a Box Office Giant!
The numbers are in for the debut weekend of Wonder Woman - the first solo movie for a female superhero since 2005 (Jennifer Garner in Elektra), and the first by a female director - and they are huge!
Women Refugees Through a Century
Lots of tears, and extraordinary strength, mark these women who have had to leave their homes, often with children in tow, throughout a century. See these extraordinary photos of women... Read More
Child Marriage in the US
Unchained at Last estimates that 250,000 children married in the US from 2000-10, in a situation that continues to today. A great majority involve young girls and adult men. Some girls are as young as 11, and many are forced into marriage to their rapist, by adults - parents, church elders, judges - who see marriage as the most convenient solution.
Maggie Haberman Knows What Trump is Thinking
Some are calling Maggie Haberman the best political reporter of her generation.