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WMC Partner SPARK Receives Media Coverage for LEGO Meeting

WMC Partner SPARK Receives Media Coverage for LEGO Meeting

| April 23, 2012

The Feminicide Debate

The Feminicide Debate

| April 12, 2012

The author, who has been researching feminicide for the past three years, explores how language—the use of a term—can affect resources and state policies in fighting violence in Juárez, Mexico. More »

“16 and Pregnant” Brings Abortion to Prime Time

| April 4, 2012

Katniss and Bella—Getting to the Heart of the Matter

Katniss and Bella—Getting to the Heart of the Matter

| March 29, 2012

The author, a student at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, argues that the distance between the teen heroes in "The Twilight Saga" and "The Hunger Games Trilogy" may not be as great as it seems. 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 »

Shelby Knox Featured in the New York Times

| March 19, 2012

WMC Co-Founder Gloria Steinem in the New York Times

WMC Co-Founder Gloria Steinem in the New York Times

| March 19, 2012

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 »

Seattle PI: “Redmond Teen Adora Svitak Wins Women’s Media Center Girls’ State Of The Union Contest”

| February 8, 2012

"Today, the Women’s Media Center launched its new website with the announcement that fourteen-year-old Redmond, Washington resident Adora Svitak,14, the winner of the first annual Girls’ State of the Union Video Contest." - VideoBlogging from the Seattle PI More »

‘Wonder Women’ Needs Your Help

| February 7, 2012