DC At-Large Council member Anita Bonds proposed new legislation this week that would require colleges and universities to clearly mark the transcript of a college student convicted of sexual assault while on campus, putting it permanently on a student’s college record.
Pentagon Starts Process to Lift Ban on Transgender Military Members
Secretary of Defense Ash Carter announced this week that the Department of Defense will begin the process of lifting the ban on transgender military service members.
Chicago Public Schools Will Increase Athletic Opportunities for Girls After Title IX Complaint
Chicago public schools and the Office for Civil rights reached an agreement late last week to provide equal athletic opportunity for boys and girls.
Help Protect the Last Abortion Clinic in Montgomery, Alabama!
Alabama’s Reproductive Health Services clinic – the only abortion clinic left in Montgomery, Alabama – needs your help to pay for security improvements and additional security costs.
Senate Blocks Global Gag Rule
A bipartisan majority in the Senate Appropriations Committee approved an amendment that repeals the anti-abortion “Global Gag Rule” and restores $600 million in funding for international family planning and reproductive health services. Republican Senator Mark Kirk (IL) and GOP Senators Susan Collins (R-ME), and Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) joined Senate Democrats in passing the amendment. The […]
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Today in Herstory: Seven Suffragists Invade Manhattan’s Financial District
Founding Feminists is the FMF’s daily herstory column. July 10, 1908: Harriot Stanton Blatch and six young suffragists invaded Manhattan’s financial district earlier today, and had much better success with its inhabitants than they did with the police. Before even arriving at the first stop, the one-vehicle automobile procession down Broadway attracted a good deal […]
Women Are Saving Hundreds of Dollars on Contraception Following the ACA’s Implementation
Since the Affordable Care Act took effect, women have saved dramatically on birth control and emergency contraception.
Black Communities Overwhelmingly Support Reproductive Rights
A new study has found that the majority of Black men and women believe in a woman’s right to choose and want women to have access to abortion care and contraception.
The Kansas AG is Fighting to Uphold an Anti-Abortion Law
Earlier this month, the Kansas Attorney General announced his plans to appeal a Shawnee County Judge’s ruling which blocked an anti-choice law in the state.
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Join NCGWE and the FMF in Celebrating #TitleIXat43!
The briefing will cover what Title IX has already helped us accomplish and where we’re going next.
Successful Family Planning Initiative In Colorado Is At Risk
Colorado’s Family Planning Initiative (CFPI), which offers teenagers and poor women free and low-cost intrauterine devices (IUDs) and implants and has significantly reduced the state’s teen pregnancy and abortion rates, may soon disappear. The CFPI’s private grant is set to run out this year, and Colorado state representatives have eliminated the program’s funding by voting […]
President Assures There Will Be Justice for Farkhunda in Afghanistan Following Outcry by Women’s Rights Leaders
Leaders were outraged last week when the Appeals Court of Afghanistan reversed the death penalties issued in the murder case of Farkhunda, who was killed by an angry mob in March.
The EACH Woman Act Expanding Abortion Access Was Just Introduced in Congress
Congresswomen Barbara Lee, Jan Schakowsky, and Diana DeGette today introduced the Equal Access to Abortion Coverage in Health Insurance Act, which would lift restrictions on health insurance coverage for abortion.
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Today in Herstory: Democratic Nominee for President Urges His Paty to Reconsider Suffrage
July 7, 1920: To the surprise of many long-time suffragists and veteran political observers, it’s starting to look as if it may be Democrats, not Republicans, who will be responsible for the final step needed to put woman suffrage into the Constitution.
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Today in Herstory: Suffragists Sentenced to Three Days in Jail for Picketing the White House
July 6, 1917: Three days in jail was the sentence Judge Mullowney reluctantly imposed today in Washington, D.C.’s Police Court on eleven of the suffragists who took part in a “Silent Sentinel” picketing of the White House on July 4th.
Michelle Obama Speaks Out About Girls’ Education Around the World
The First Lady delivered an inspiring speech promoting girls’ education earlier this month at London’s Mulberry School.
Affirmative Consent Education May Soon Be the Norm for California High School Students
California legislation aimed at preventing sexual assault and educating high school students on healthy relationships is poised to become law, as it passed the California Assembly Education Committee last week.
US Women’s Soccer World Cup Win Comes Despite Huge Inequalities
Despite national and international celebration, disparities in coverage, respect, and pay still linger between women’s and men’s soccer teams.
National Portrait Gallery Honors Dolores Huerta
Feminist Majority Foundation board member and lifelong feminist activist Dolores Huerta was honored by the National Portrait Gallery last night as the first Latina person to have a featured exhibition at the museum.
President Obama Will Expand Overtime Pay to Millions of Americans
President Obama is proposing a plan this week to broaden overtime pay that is expected to affect millions of Americans in the working class, especially women.