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WMC Congratulates Businesswoman and Philanthropist Bonnie Schaefer

| May 15, 2012

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May Day with Occupy Oakland

May Day with Occupy Oakland

| May 8, 2012

The author describes the Occupy movement's action in Oakland last week, in light of a very different mood in the city that greeted the general strike called six months ago. More »

Gender Is Key to the Bullying Culture

Gender Is Key to the Bullying Culture

| March 27, 2012

To reduce bullying and its deadly consequences, argues Jessie Klein, author of the "Bully Society," schools must make the gender connection. More »

Lewd, Hateful Language Should Have No Place in Campus Debate

Lewd, Hateful Language Should Have No Place in Campus Debate

| March 14, 2012

An anticipated commencement address set off a rhetorical firestorm that sickened the author, a Barnard undergrad who calls for action by her campus community. More »

WMC Founding President Carol Jenkins to be Keynote Speaker at Rutgers Training

| March 8, 2012

Giving Women’s History a Home

Giving Women’s History a Home

| March 5, 2012

Perhaps this year's Women's History Month will mark the success of a push for a National Women's History Museum, a campaign that has built up an impressive history of its own. More »

Girls Get Called “Slut” Everyday—They Could Be Making Friends Instead

Girls Get Called “Slut” Everyday—They Could Be Making Friends Instead

| February 28, 2012

Jessie Klein, author of "The Bully Society," writes that girls need help in building trusting relationships. More »

Date Rape Revisited

Date Rape Revisited

| February 23, 2012

Twenty-five years after an historic campus study, why are colleges still struggling to deal with the problem? More »

CBS Chicago: “Feminist Icon Gloria Steinem Keeping Up The Fight For Equality”

| February 7, 2012

Gloria Steinem met with students at Columbia College on Tuesday, to share the story of America’s road to gender equality. As CBS 2′s Vince Gerasole reports, Steinem said it’s a road we’re still traveling. More »

Hillary Clinton Launches Public Service Initiative

Hillary Clinton Launches Public Service Initiative

| February 6, 2012

Working with the nation’s top women’s liberal arts colleges, Secretary of State Clinton hopes to harness the potential of women around the world to strengthen leadership in both government and civil society. More »