October 11 is honored around the world as a day to call attention to the injustices that young girls experience across the globe, while also celebrating the achievements and progress made to advance gender equality. See ways to participate!
Category: Activism
Learn how to take action for women’s rights and gender equality with guides, resources, and success stories from activists worldwide.
International Equal Pay Day is September 18
September 18 is International Equal Pay Day, a day dedicated to raising awareness about unequal pay to women and pushing to close the gender pay gap. Click on the blog to read more about the history, and what we can do.
Soroptimist/LiveYourDream.org Statement on U.S. Supreme Court Overturning of Roe v. Wade
On June 24, 2022, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 Supreme Court decision that affirmed the constitutional right to abortion. Soroptimist International of the Americas, Inc./LiveYourDream.org is a global organization with a diverse membership whose Read More
Celebrating Women of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage
Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Heritage Month is observed in the United States during the month of May. But frankly, a month is not enough to recognize the many contributions and important influence of Asian Americans and Pacific Islander Read More
Do You Consent—Yes or No?
Consent is a surprisingly dense topic. It is well-defined in many areas, from legal consent for a lawyer to act on your behalf, to consent for data sharing or to allowing cookies on the internet. We tick the little box Read More
Women and Homelessness: A Cycle of Violence
In January 2020, there were 580,466 people experiencing homelessness in America. Though the full impacts of COVID-19 on unhoused communities has not been measured, the pandemic has certainly made the poorest communities even poorer, and exacerbated longstanding issues. According to Read More
The Relationship Between Gun Violence and Domestic Abuse
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
12 Myths About Domestic Violence
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
5 Ways to Support Domestic Violence Survivors
If you want to help address violence against women and support domestic violence survivors, there are easy ways that just about anyone can get involved. Here’s what anyone can do to help! 1. Understand the issue. Did you know 1 Read More
Promising Young Woman: A Must See with Important Underlying Themes
There are often a variety of guilty parties in a case of sexual assault beyond the perpetrator; those who disbelieve, those who sweep the issue under the rug, and those who do not intervene are common wrongdoers in these circumstances. Read More