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Women & Advertising 2012: A Recap By Miss Representation
Miss Representation has put together this new, incredibly impactful video, giving us a closer look at how women have been portrayed in advertisements in 2012. ...
Women Talk: 10+ Questions With Visionary Artist Jill Greenberg
Even as a young girl, photographer, artist and mother of two, Jill Greenberg staged photographs and created characters through drawing, painting, sculpture, fil...
Take a Stand for the Girl Who Stood Up: Nominate Malala for the Nobel Peace Prize
Bonnie S. Lloyd, a woman from Rochester, NY, has started a Change.org campaign that petitions Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton & Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice to nominate Malala Yousafzai for a Nobel Peace Prize....
Happy International Day Of The Girl
October 11th, marks the first ever International Day of the Girl. This special resolution was proclaimed by the United Nations in an effort to encourage a worldwide conversation about bettering girls' lives and providing them with more opportunities for leadership. ...
Women Talk: 10 Questions with Easkey Britton… Making Waves Of Change
This past September, Easkey Britton, 26, traveled to Iran to become the first women to surf Iranian waves, bringing hope and inspiration to women and girls a world away....
One Billion Rising
V-Day, the global activist movement to end violence against women and girls, launched by Eve Ensler fourteen years ago, recently announced the launch of its newest global campaign, One Billion Rising....
Maripussy Crew
Miss 163 (Sharon De La Cruz) at work with members of her all girl Maripussy Crew - a Lima, Peru based feminist graffiti collective made up of 6 street artists (Miss 163, Mishap, Bronik, Perez, Monica MIros, and Biarck) and 1 rapper (Blue)....
Women Talk: 10 Questions With Miss 163… Art Meets Activism
Sharon De La Cruz a.k.a. "Miss 163", the renowned graffiti artist, uses her medium as a vehicle to address empowerment and social justice issues for young women and girls around the world. Recently, Miss 163 was selected as a brand ambassador for Calvin Klein's ck one cosmetic brand....