On January 27, Xiomara Castro was sworn into office, becoming the first woman president in Honduran history.
Semenya is banned from competing unless she artificially medically intervenes to modify her natural condition.
Salman’s hypocrisy has been apparent all along.
In 2013, Sawyer moved back to Memphis and threw herself into local activist organizations, including Black Votes Matter.
Brown envisioned the creation of a program anchored by Black women and girls in the South that is today known as the Southern Black Girls and Women’s Consortium (SBGWC), a union of four organizations led by four Black women in the South
The FBomb had the chance to talk to Jones about her career journey, working with other Black female creators, and why she strongly believes in advocating for diverse stories and creators.
The FBomb talked with All Joking Aside star Raylene Harewood about the world of comedy, unconventional friendships, and the unique pain that comes with a rocky mother-daughter relationship.
Frances Yasmeen Motiwalla’s path to running for Congress as a Democratic candidate was not a linear one.
Marvel Studios, one of the — if not the — most impressive names in the superheroine genre of entertainment, made headlines in recent years for their plans to add Ms. Marvel — a Pakistani-American, Muslim female superhero who first appeared in her own comic in 2014 — to their impressive roster of characters on screen.
Most of my childhood was spent in small-town eastern Pennsylvania suburbs with my white mother and white-passing older brother. I was one of the only Black people in my community.
How can we build on the strengths of our common experiences, while acknowledging our differences, to demand change?
Since the University of Zimbabwe was founded in 1952, no woman had ever been elected to the position of student representative council president. That changed in 2019, when 22-year-old Abiona Mataranyika was elected to the position.
On February 4, a Pan-African feminist lawyer (who would like to remain anonymous) decided she was tired of seeing manels day after day on Kenyan TV stations.
When I was 15 years old, I figured that if I wasn't accepted in any of the clubs at school, I might as well start my own, so I started a club that focused on empowering girls.
While “reproductive rights” emphasizes securing women’s legal access to reproductive care, reproductive justice emphasizes an intersectional framework that prioritizes bodily autonomy.
I’m still learning today, but these are the three most important lessons that have helped guide this learning: Question everything. Learn so you can unlearn. Ask for help.
Despite their disproportionate vulnerability, the Indian government has largely ignored commercially sexually exploited people in its response to the coronavirus pandemic.
The systemic problem of violence against women in South Africa is just that — systemic.
According to Quartz, any woman under the age of 45 seeking a hajj visa must travel with a mahram, or a male guardian, usually someone related to the woman by blood.
Among those who are most affected by this virus aren’t just people who have COVID-19, but the nation’s domestic workers, the vast majority of whom are women.
Young black children can perceive ourselves as unworthy, awful, and ugly. We see the racism in the world that sends these messages, and internalize it.
Johnson not only calculated the trajectory for America’s first space trip with astronaut Alan Shepard and the calculations for the first moon landing in 1969 but also overcame racism and sexism throughout her career.
WanaData Africa is a pan-African network of almost 100 female journalists and data experts.
Despite citing scientific evidence, no sooner had my tweet gone live than a legion of angry twitter users, mostly men, came baying for my blood.
On Monday, January 27th, Tunisia lost one of its most prominent feminist activists: Lina ben Mhenni died at the age of 36 after a long battle with lupus, a chronic systemic autoimmune disease she was diagnosed with at 11 years old.