“A Thousand Girls Like Me”… A True Story Of Injustice And Overcoming
By Aisha Azimi for Free Women Writers - When she came out and demanded justice for facing incest and other forms of physical and sexualized abuse at the hands o...
Human Rights
12-year-old Gives Powerful And Moving Speech At “Families Belong Together” Rally In DC
12-year-old Leah from Florida is the daughter of undocumented immigrant parents. This is a speech she gave at a "Families Belong Together" rally in Washington, ...
In The Words Of Sandra Moran: “Being The First Openly Lesbian Congresswoman In Guatemala Has Been A Big Responsibility”
By UN Women - Sandra Moran is Guatemala’s first openly lesbian member of the Congress. She organized the country’s first lesbian group in 1995, and was elected ...
Anna Deavere Smith ‘In Notes From The Field’, A One-Woman Show About The School-To-Prison Pipeline
Award-winning writer and actor Anna Deavere Smith, who you may know as Nancy McNally on The West Wing and Gloria Akalitus on Nurse Jackie, has created Notes Fro...
Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School Drama Club Writes, Performs Powerful “Shine” Song In Response To Mass Shooting
We continue to be inspired by the bravery, strength and resilience shown by the student survivors of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, ...
Powerful Documentary “On Her Shoulders,” Featuring Yazidi Activist & Survivor Nadia Murad, Takes Home Director Sundance Prize
While the Grammy’s hashtag #GrammysSoMale continues to trend, women topped the winners list at this year’s Sundance Film Festival. Among the women directors and...
In The Words Of Nongnee Kondii: “I Was Told That Being A Lesbian Woman Is A Sin”
Continuing our support of the UN Women's 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence campaign, we meet Nongnee Kondii, who is standing up and speaking out...
16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence: End Violence Against Women and Girls
By UN Women - The 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, a global campaign spanning from 25 November through 10 December, is taking place this year ...
Meet Canadian Civilian Hanna Bohman And The All-Women Army Fighting For Women’s Rights In Syria
"Right now, there are 10,000 women fighting life-or-death battles against ISIS for the liberation of women in the Middle East." Among them is Hanna Bohman, a Ca...