At almost 16, Valeriia Ivanova fled Ukraine with her mother and sister, leaving her father behind. She narrates her story and vows to return to rebuild her country. But even… Continue reading UKRAINE: My Testimony as a Ukrainian Refugee
The inspiration behind the Envision Equality campaign was created in collaboration with the Global Center for Gender Equality at Stanford University, Marianne Schnall (Journalist and Founder of Feminist.com), the ERA… Continue reading Envision Equality Roundtable
4/4/2022 by MICHELLE SIMPSON TUEGEL We as attorneys have a right to do our jobs, which includes giving our clients candid, truthful advice, in their best interest, free of coercion. The most… Continue reading How Texas’s S.B. 8 Restricts Sexual Abuse Survivor Advocacy
3/24/2022 by JENNIFER WEISS-WOLF We cannot expect to measure the ebb and flow of a truly inclusive democracy without first looking to gender equity. Women’s rights have been the canary… Continue reading Women’s Rights and Democracy Are Inextricably Linked
3/25/2022 by JENNIFER WEISS-WOLF How little the general public has absorbed about the suffrage movement and its myriad players is not an accident. Live theater has returned and among the… Continue reading With a Powerhouse All-Women Cast, ‘Suffs’ Explores Activists Who Made Women’s Voting Rights Happen
Taking part in the nationwide racial justice protests against police brutality, violence and murder, Hiyab shares how difficult this moment in history is for young black women. Their leadership has… Continue reading Hiyab: Los Angeles
Contra turns 21 during the Covid-19 pandemic, and even though she doesn’t get to celebrate as planned, she shares how spending her teen years battling serious depression actually prepared her… Continue reading Contra: Los Angeles
CAROLYN SEAMAN from Nigeria Carolyn shares how safely connecting girls to technology can help build future leaders. “At Girls Voices, we raise disruptive girl leaders who will demand their seats… Continue reading Tech Helps Girls Rise Above the Pandemic
SUSHMITA DAS from India “Change begins when society keeps the women at the heart of it” Namaste, I Sushmita Das belong to a country where we are taught to worship… Continue reading My Vision of a Gender Neutral World
By LIZ LUM from Cameroon After her best friend was suddenly forced from school to marry, Liz Lum speaks up about injustices and harmful practices done to women and girls.… Continue reading CAMEROON: My Best Friend Was Married at Age 12. I Advocate for Girls’ Rights in Her Honor.
