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The Taliban has taken over Afghanistan as the ruling power. This is a critical crisis for women, girls, and marginalized communities across Afghanistan. This is what we are hearing from our advisors in the region: health clinics and refugee facilities are overwhelmed; some … [Read more...] about Feminist Response to Crises in Afghanistan, Haiti, and Lebanon

At the Paris forum, UN Women said governments and public sector institutions made $21 billion in commitments to gender equality programs, the private sector made $13 billion, philanthropies $4.5 billion, and organizations $1.3 billion. … [Read more...] about UN Women hopes $40 billion will accelerate gender equality

The move is meant to make the Golden Calf awards - named after the small golden statues presented to winners - more inclusive, organizers said on Thursday. … [Read more...] about ‘Best Actor’: Dutch film awards go gender-neutral

A draft, which we haven’t had since the Vietnam War, isn’t supposed to be a mechanism for making people feel good about themselves or a tool of so-called social justice. Its purpose is to funnel manpower into the military as expeditiously as possible during a national crisis. … [Read more...] about Drafting women for war is bad for the US armed forces and bad for women

The military offered no explanation as to why female cadets were wearing a different type of shoe than male cadets. … [Read more...] about Ukraine criticized for making female cadets parade in heels