Category: Activism

Watching The Hunting Ground was the first time I felt both horrified and empowered. I felt horrified by the pervasive issue of sexual assault in our society. The feeling of empowerment, however, came from the brave women who boldly told Read More

The Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) is monumental piece of legislation that was the first federal law to specifically focus on ending domestic violence, providing valuable funding for victim services such as shelters, transportation, and childcare. It also supports education Read More

In the United States, a woman is fatally shot by her partner every 16 hours. That is 760 women slain each year – leaving children without their mothers, families without their sisters and daughters, and communities without their colleagues and Read More

Domestic violence, also called intimate partner violence, domestic abuse, or relationship abuse, affects more than 12 million people in the U.S. every year. The statistics are shocking; about 1 in 3 women have experienced physical violence, rape, and/or stalking by Read More

We often hear of and discuss the rights of many groups of women in American society; women in the workforce, women in education, and women in politics, are, for example, often on the forefront of discussion in the fight for Read More

There is no question that the COVID-19 pandemic has been difficult on everyone. With lockdown and quarantine restrictions in place, many people have spent more time at home over the last year than ever. But, for victims of domestic abuse and Read More

For some, deploying pads and tampons is as natural as the menstruation that postulates them. Yet long before COVID-19 and the subsequent economic blow that rattled the world, period poverty had been a glaring issue for millions who menstruate. According Read More

If you’ve been on Instagram in the past two weeks, you may have noticed a lot of women posting black and white selfies with the hashtag #ChallengeAccepted and captioned with “empower women”. Maybe you posted one yourself! There was a Read More

Currently protests are raging across the country calling for justice for George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and dozens of other Black folks who have been killed as a result of systemic racism. As our social media feeds and email inboxes flood Read More