Category: Women's Rights

7 Things to Know About María Elena Moyano, the Afro-Peruvian Woman Who Organized Women and Refused to Surrender to Fear
Sometimes history gives us a woman whose life makes the word courage f [...]

Less Policing Women’s Relationships. More Recognizing the Patterns Around Us.
If we can take our eyes off the individual women long enough to study [...]

Women Have Heard “Of Course We Mean You Too” Before
Women learned through history that being somewhere inside the word ‘ev [...]

When Men Encourage Boundary Violations, Women Pay the Price
updated from June 7 2025
Why It’s Wrong—And Sometimes Criminal—for Me [...]

Frequency Is Not Permission: The Dangerous Math We Do With Women and Girls
Frequency tells us how often harm happens. It does not tell us how muc [...]

Women Have Been Violently Punished for Telling the Truth for Centuries
I do not owe anyone a smaller truth so they can maintain a larger li [...]

Katoucha Niane: Her Beauty Made Headlines. Her Courage Deserves History.
There are some women whose photographs become famous while the most im [...]

They Knew Her Face. In 1997, Waris Dirie Made Them Hear Her Story.
In 1997, Waris Dirie did something that deserves to be remembered as a [...]

Beautiful Before Anyone Gave Permission: Remembering Victoria Santa Cruz
I went to grade school with a girl who might put you on the mind of th [...]

Women, We Are Not Asking for Special Treatment. We Are Asking to Be Treated.
There is something particularly sad about a woman becoming one of the [...]