“Equal pay for equal work” is the demand of an insurgent group of women teachers led by Anna Louise Goessling of P.S. 44 in Brooklyn, New York.
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Google Removes Misleading Crisis Pregnancy Center Ads
Google has removed deceptive crisis pregnancy center (CPC) advertisements from its search engine results when users seek information about abortion services.
White House Campus Sexual Assault Task Force Releases First Report
To compile “Not Alone: The First Report of the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault,” The Task Force used recommendations it gathered from a wide variety of people during a 90-day review period.
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Feminist Majority Foundation Applauds Release of First Report from the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault
Feminist Majority Foundation today celebrates the release of the first report from the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault. “The release of this report is an important step in fighting the scourge of sexual assault on college campuses,” said Eleanor Smeal, President of Feminist Majority Foundation. “We are thrilled that the […]
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April 28, 1924: League of Women Voters Convenes In Expectation of Upcoming Elections
“Keep your backbone at the conventions. When they want your vote for a candidate of whom you don’t approve, don’t give it, even for a unit vote. Let the men see that women are going to help to lead them to the right kind of platforms and the right kind of candidates.”
Florida Governor Expected to Sign Fetal Homicide Bill
States have used fetal homicide laws, like the one is Florida, to criminalize pregnant women or poor pregnancy outcomes.
Afghanistan May Hold Runoff Presidential Election
Preliminary results for Afghanistan’s recent presidential election were released on Saturday, showing that former Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah and former Finance Minister and World Bank economist Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai are the top contenders.
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Fetal Homicide Bill Passes Florida Legislature, Moves to Governor’s Desk
The Florida Senate voted 25-14 last week to pass a bill making it a separate crime to kill or harm a fetus while committing a crime against a pregnant woman. Under current Florida law, a person can already be charged with manslaughter or murder if he or she kills a viable fetus. But this new […]
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April 25, 1910: Los Angeles Makes History with First Female Deputy District Attorney
Clara Shortridge Foltz was sworn in today in Los Angeles, California, as the first female Deputy District Attorney in U.S. history
Remembering the March for Women’s Lives, Ten Years Later
Alice Cohan was the Director of the 2004 March for Women’s Lives. These are some of her memories of putting together the historic march.
GALLERY: The March for Women’s Lives
Ten years ago today, the feminist movement made history with the largest march ever on the National Mall, and ten years ago today, the feminist movement proved that we were a force to be reckoned with. If there’s any memory worth holding onto, that’s certainly one of them.
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On 1st Anniversary of Rana Plaza Collapse, Need for More Change
Yesterday marked the one year anniversary of the Rana Plaza factory collapse in Bangladesh that caused the deaths and injuries of thousands of people. The poorly built nine-story building that collapsed last April near the capital of Dhaka housed five garment factories and a shopping center. Although a crack in the building had been detected […]
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Cuba Faces Condom Shortage
A current condom shortage in Cuba is stirring fears of higher STD rates and unplanned pregnancies. Pharmacies in Cuba’s central province of Villa Clara began running out of condoms in March, and the suburbs of Havana are now affected as well. The city of Santa Clara, which has one of the highest HIV rates in […]
Mississippi Governor Signs 20-Week Abortion Ban Into Law
“It’s time for these politicians to stop passing laws that attack constitutionally protected women’s health care and finally focus on policies that would support the health, lives, and rights of Mississippi women and families.”
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April 23, 1963: Major National Endorsement Shifts Dialogue on Birth Control and Contraception
A major advance today in the fight for birth control, as the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists officially endorsed giving contraceptive information to those who request it.
Join Us At the Global Women’s Rights Awards!
We’d love for you to join us at the Feminist Majority Foundation’s Ninth Annual Global Women’s Rights Awards gala dinner and reception on the evening of Monday, May 5, 2014 at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles. But time is running out!
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April 22, 1919: Suffrage Victories Won Across the Nation
There are now about 15,500,000 women eligible to vote for the next President – a number just 2,000,000 less that the total number of votes actually cast for the two major party candidates in the 1916 Presidential election.
Supreme Court Upholds Michigan Affirmative Action Ban
The Supreme Court yesterday upheld a Michigan state constitutional ban on affirmative action for women and minorities in public education, employment, and contracting.
Florida Supreme Court Recognizes Anti-Discrimination Protections for Pregnant Workers
The 6-1 decision allows Peguy Delva to proceed with her lawsuit against her employer, real estate developer Continental Group.
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US Ranks 16th in 2014 Social Progress Index
The Social Progress Imperative recently released its 2014 Social Progress Index, ranking the United States in 16th place among 132 countries. Harvard Business School Professor Michael Porter, a Republican who led the report team, told CNN’s Fareed Zakaria that he was surprised by the ranking. “I think this was not the picture of America that […]