women
Lack of media attention to Holtzclaw trial: Do black women matter?
November 5, 2015The trial of the former Oklahoma City police officer charged with sexually assaulting and raping 13 black women, began this Monday.
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Thank you, Rosalyn Baxandall: socialist-feminist pioneer
November 2, 2015She cared deeply about connections: between teaching and activism, art and labor, history and practice, and above all, between people.
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Nepal’s parliament elects nation’s first female president
October 29, 2015Bidhya Devi Bhandari said her election marked a first step toward assuring the new constitutional guarantees of equality are fulfilled.
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Today in history: First American woman ambassador appointed
October 28, 2015On this date in 1949, Helen Eugenie Moore Anderson became the first woman to hold the post of U.S. ambassador when she was sworn in by Truman.
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Labor launches new measures to wipe out unequal pay for women
October 27, 2015The labor federation is launching measures to wipe out pay inequality based on gender, and to guarantee that all workers have paid family and sick leave and fair scheduling.
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