Second-wave feminism emerged between the 1950s and 1980s, demanding workplace equality, reproductive rights, and legal ...

When you look at the history of feminism through the lens of activism, it shows a rich timeline of women who have fought – and made huge strides – for gender equality. ‘Feminism’ describes both an ...

The first time these friends read a piece in which a Filipina American scholar was outlining a framework of feminism and sisterhood from their cultural point of view and experience was a powerful ...

As the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women is marked, women involved in cross-border activism to support survivors of war-related sexual violence explain why solidarity and ...

Being a feminist and Hooters Girl aren’t mutually exclusive. Even so, I’ve always been a bit of a case study in contradictions, which may explain how a lifelong feminist like me also spent three years ...

In the wake of neoliberalism, where human rights and social justice have increasingly been subordinated to proliferating "consumer choices" and ideals of market justice, this article suggests that ...

Peg Yorkin, the Los Angeles activist who donated $10 million to the feminist organization she co-founded and pushed to bring the most common method of abortion — the mifepristone pill — to the U.S., ...

"Hearst Magazines and Yahoo may earn commission or revenue on some items through these links." Cecile Richards, a prominent feminist activist and a former president of Planned Parenthood, has died at ...

Moroccan feminist and LGBTI rights defender, Ibtissame “Betty” Lachgar, is serving a 30-month prison sentence after being ...

Given how social media has been a part of most people’s everyday lives, it should not be surprising to us that social movement can be accomplished effectively online. In this post, my student, Sarah ...