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 in the coal mine all along. AUSTIN, TX - OCTOBER 02: Demonstrators rally against anti-abortion and voter suppression laws at…
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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 blockbusters launching this season is Suffs, which opens on April 6 at the venerable Public Theater in New York City.…
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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 at the table.” Digital tools have completely transformed my life and my ways of getting things done. From online meetings…
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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 women as we consider that women are the incarnation of the Goddess. Regrettably many have become ignorant of the fact…
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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. “I won't stop until girls are seen as more than just their reproductive organs. I won't stop until girls are…
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By Mehran Bhat & Abrar Fayaz It was not easy for 21-year-old Mehak to convince her parents to support her dream of becoming a rapper. The Kashmiri couple told her that doing so would “bring disgrace to our family,” Mehak told the FBomb. Mehak first discovered her love of rap…
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By Sarah Yoak Close your eyes and think of the word ballet — hold the letters in your hands. Swish it around in your mouth. Do you see somebody onstage? Pointe shoes? The movie Black Swan? I am not inside your head, but I bet I am right about this:…
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Jaymie Bianca is the Boston fellow for IGNITE, America’s largest and most diverse organization for young women’s political leadership. Sofía Jirau Picture a Victoria’s Secret model. I can imagine the way that person looks in your mind. The brand perpetuated and made ubiquitous unattainable and unhealthy beauty standards for years.…
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By Carla Hay Top, from left: Quinta Brunson, Katori Hall, Sam Jay. Bottom, from left: Tracy Oliver, Amber Ruffin, Robin Thede. (Photo credits, top, from left: ABC, Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions, Stephanie Mei-Ling/HBO. Bottom, from left: Jim Spellman/Getty Images for Tribeca TV Festival, Heidi Gutman/Peacock, Kevin Scanlon.)…
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Sahar Driver, Co-Director of Color Congress & Equal Voice | Equal Future Editorial Board Member It is in many respects an ascendant time for documentary film as an artistic, commercial and social justice medium. Documentary film is used by artists and advocates to advance social change, it can be a…
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