Category: Women's Rights

Why Men Don’t Belong in Healing or Decision Groups for Women: Protecting Safety and Trust
“If you are silent about your pain, they’ll kill you and say you enjoy [...]

Why It’s Wrong to Call Women “Hateful” for Demanding Safety
When Black and Indigenous Women Are Called “Hateful” for Demanding S [...]

When Leaders Put Special Interests Above Public Safety
Leaders who put special interests above the well-being of the people a [...]

Why Declaring Women’s Right to Privacy and Safety Means Rejecting Male Entitlement
When we declare that women and girls have the right to privacy, dignit [...]

Words Matter: Owned vs. Enslaved
When we talk about slavery, the language we choose can either uphold l [...]

Only 2% “Owned” Slaves?” The Dangerous Game of Subtracting Context
We’ve all heard it: “Only 2% of white people "owned" slaves.”It’s a ta [...]

Why Every Generation Thinks It’s “Right” (And Why That Changes)
I'm really starting to feel like we need to bring back those stickers. [...]

When Overpolicing Silences Survivors of Domestic Violence
When you work in organizations that address violence against women [...]

Why Women Must Stop Handing Power to Our Oppressors
Some of us have been told since girlhood that our main purpose in this [...]

When Political Parties “Care” — But Only in One Corner of Our Lives
Political parties love to remind women and minorities: We care about y [...]