May 12, 2023 | Recent News
By Cheryl Thomas In that infamous 2016 video, when Donald Trump said he might start kissing a woman that he and television host Billy Bush were about to meet, he added, “I don’t even wait. And when you’re a star, they let you do it. You can do...
Feb 23, 2023 | Featured, Recent News
By Sophia Kulow In early February of this year, Biden urged the Supreme Court to dismiss the challenge against ending the expulsion policy of Title 42. At the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Trump Administration used the expulsion policy as a way to...
Dec 5, 2022 | Featured, Recent News
By: Lynnette McIntireDecember 5, 2022 Femicide. A word that conjures fragmented images of girl baby drownings, honorkillings, stoned women labeled as adulterers or infidels. Why do we steer away from the term “femicide”? Is it because it seems like the word is removed...
Nov 25, 2022 | Updates and Events, Recent News
By: Zeinab MohamudNovember 25, 2022 International efforts are being made to end violence against women and girls through the Global 16 Days Campaign. The campaign is held every year from November 25, the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against...
Jul 25, 2022 | Middle East & North Africa, Recent News
By: Madison Plemens-Schunk July 25, 2022 During August of 2021, after the Taliban seized Kabul, Afghan girls were prohibited from attending school. A month later, girls in primary school were told they could return with gender-segregated classes, including...
Jun 24, 2022 | North America, Recent News
By: Madison Plemens-Schunk June 24, 2022 Roe v. Wade was a landmark case for abortion rights. Because of this case, legalized abortion became far more common, and safe abortions were performed nationwide. In 1970, Jane Roe (an alias to protect the plaintiff’s...