This WIP article about this month's release of the HBO documentary "Gloria Steinem: In Her Own Words" includes information about a dialogue the Women's Media Center would like to have with you, defining the next 40 years' goals for the future of feminism. Read on to get involved!
(Surely one of you wants to submit a 2 minute video about Junior Derby and the future of women's sports?)
In the growing Slut Walk movement, many women are finding catharsis and empowerment in a way they have not been able to in other efforts to reclaim safety and security from harassment and sexual assault, like Take Back The Night. Yet, as we derbs may well know, the "fishnets and short skirts" argument remains...(i.e.
NPR reports that women who helped foment the revolutions in Egypt, Tunisia, Jordan and Bahrain are now battling the new leadership in these countries for their place at the table, and meeting opposition.
"But Hammerney said she also sees reason for optimism.
The first Annual Report from the recently created UN Women (an entity created to research and monitor the UN's women's empowerment and gender equality initiatives as part of global health goals for 2016) has spurred governments in many countries to hold summits, conferences and convene government committees and taskforces to address the issues presented in the report.
Below is a listing of news items in countries where the report has created action on a local level. Truly inspiring.
In this article on CNN, investigators follow a training class of 71 women who are the first in 22 years to be allowed to train as paratroopers in the Mexican armed forces. In this new program, the women receive exactly the same training as the male soldiers.
