Category: Gender Issues

A WOMEN’S MEDIA Center report found the media coverage of U.S. campus rape and sexualized violence is disproportionately skewed to male writers and reporters. The study also found that the gap was even larger when it came to “sports stories referencing sexual assault or in stories…

“WE ARE IN the ISIS era.” Houzan Mohammed, a Kurdish woman who is a representative of the Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq, made that proclamation at the recent Feminism in London conference. She was on a panel of four feminists called, “Unlikely Allies: Religious Fundamentalism and the British State,” that…

MS. FOUNDATION for Women has released its list of its top ten celebrity feminists of 2015. Rowan Blanchard from “Girl Meets World” and Amandla Stenberg from “Hunger Games” tied for first place of the impressive list. Check out who else made the list here.  …

Get to know journalist Riva Richmond, who specializes in technology, global and small business. She is currently the Director of Digital Media at The Story Exchange, a nonprofit media project dedicated to sharing the stories of women entrepreneurs from all over the world. It recently completed an unprecedented 3 year study of 1,000 women in business, which provides the largest qualitative data about female entrepreneurs to date. The information not only offers an intimate look at the stories of women behind the stats, but at the same time challenges the accepted norms about why we start our own businesses. Riva has lots to say.

NOW THAT I’M a bit more settled in, I wanted to take this time to introduce myself. My name is Melanie Breault –pronounced “bro,” and yes, that is for real, and no, I am not a “bro,” – and I am the new Web Editor and Social Media person for…