November 11, 2016
Written by Alan Rosenblatt
Bullying , Domestic Violence , Gender , Harassment , Sexual Assault
Soraya Chemaly sat down with Alan Rosenblatt on The Dr. DigiPol Show for an hour-long discussion about the online harassment of women and its relationship to the 2016 Presidential election. The conversation ranged from gamergate to Trump’s harassment of women to the harassment of Hillary Clinton. This is MUST SEE Web TV!
January 25, 2016
Written by Lauryn Gutierrez
Domestic Violence , Gender , Gun Violence , Harassment , Sexual Assault , Social Justice , Society , Violence Against Women , Women , Work & Careers
Author’s Note: Raghu is now at the National Women’s Law Center. Linda A. Seabrook now serves as Project Lead and General Counsel for FUTURES Maya Raghu has always been interested in human rights. A child of immigrant parents, she was fascinated by the responsibilities of citizenship and its intersection with the rights of the people she […]
December 16, 2015
Written by Marcia G. Yerman
Domestic Violence , Gender , Global Women's Issues , Society , Violence Against Women , Women
In 1993, the United Nations General Assembly put forth the Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women. Two years later at the United Nations Fourth Annual Conference on Women in Beijing, Hillary Clinton famously stated, “Human rights are women’s rights and women’s rights are human rights.” At the time, Clinton was First Lady. Now, […]
December 4, 2015
Written by Claire Thomas
Abortion , Activism , Advertising & Media , Domestic Violence , Gender , Gun Violence , Health , Politics & Public Policy , Reproductive Rights , Society , Violence Against Women , Women
The term “Black Friday” means something different for the residents of Colorado Springs, Colo. after what transpired in their Planned Parenthood the day after Thanksgiving this year. Robert Dear entered the Planned Parenthood building, and after a five hour long event and police standoff, surrendered to police after hospitalizing nine, and killing a police […]
November 20, 2015
Written by Lauryn Gutierrez
Abortion , Activism , Advertising & Media , Arts & Entertainment , Domestic Violence , Economics & Finance , Families & Caregiving , Gender , Global Women's Issues , Harassment , Health , LGBTQ
WELCOME TO THE FEM2 FRIDAY REWIND for the week of 11.14-11.20, 2015. This week’s Rewind is all about redefining the things we thought we always knew. Why? It’s clear in the news we read that people’s health and happiness are being squashed and squandered by our current society. We cannot hope for a successful future if […]
November 6, 2015
Written by Lauryn Gutierrez
Domestic Violence , Economics & Finance , Gender , LGBTQ , Politics & Public Policy , Sexual Assault , Social Justice , Society , Violence Against Women , Women , Women of Color
Welcome to the Fem2 Friday Rewind, your fast facts in feminist news for the week of October 30-November 6, 2015. This week we rewind on a huge blow to domestic violence and sexual assault service survivors and service providers, transgender intolerance coming through in voting results, hypocrisy from our new Speaker of the House, that […]
September 13, 2015
Written by Claire Thomas
Activism , Bullying , Domestic Violence , Harassment , Social Justice , Violence Against Women , Women
“Everyone’s entitled to their own opinion;” – the old adage all of our parents used any time they heard something that contradicted something they practiced, preached, or otherwise believed. The family across the street is Catholic, and we’re Protestant. The new neighbors don’t eat meat. We come home from school and we thought our book report on Harry Potter […]
September 11, 2015
Written by Lauryn Gutierrez
Abortion , Activism , Domestic Violence , Economics & Finance , Events , Gender , Global Women's Issues , Health , Motherhood , Politics & Public Policy , Reproductive Rights , Science & Technology , Sexual Assault , Social Justice , Society , Violence Against Women , Women , Work & Careers
Welcome to the Fem2pt0 Friday Rewind, where the Fem2 team bring you snips of this week’s feminist news to keep you informed of women’s movements across the world, perfectly timed for weekend opportunities to wow your friends, family and colleagues with your knowledge of feminism’s important topics. We’ll also be sure to let you know […]
June 25, 2015
Written by Soraya Chemaly
Domestic Violence , Gender , Harassment , Health , Relationships , Society , Women
Among my oldest and best friends are men I became friends with when we were teenagers. For the most part, like teenagers today, we thought of ourselves as equals. We went to the same schools, socialized together, participated in sports meets at the same time, eventually worked in similar jobs and generally assumed that our […]
August 19, 2014
Written by Amy Hunter
Activism , Domestic Violence , Events , Race , Society , Women
What’s going on in Ferguson? We have failed as a community to treat each other as kin. This is apparent in the way this incident was handled. If Mike Brown had been Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson’s son, he would still be alive. This is not about breaking the law, or being under the suspicion […]