Women's Media Center produces original features on important issues by women experts and journalists. Our reports and commentaries provide progressive women's perspectives on both headline stories and timely events ignored or misrepresented in the mainstream media. National and international contributors -- widely diverse -- include members of the Women's Media Center Board of Directors, Progressive Women's Voices alumnae, SheSource participants, and many others, all using our platform to influence the global disucssion - and all paid honararia in respect for their writing. They offer our audience must-know information to move forward making change.
Young Women’s Caucus—A Promising Sign at UN Commission Meeting
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While the recent UN Status of Women Commission sessions failed to reach consensus on recommendations for rural women, young women moved forward, impressing the author with their leadership potential. More »
Victory for Prevention?
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As we celebrate Earth Day this Sunday, the author is cautiously optimistic about a new era with a healthier environment. More »
Lawmakers Turn Back the Clock on Women’s Rights
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On this year's Equal Pay Day, Linda Meric, the executive director of 9to5, National Association of Working Women, explains why pay equity is an economic plus for the United States. More »
To “Bitch” or Not to “Bitch”
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Rosalie Maggio, the author of the best seller "How to Say It," explores the use and meaning of a word front and center with a new ABC comedy. More »
Breaking in Two—Exploring Images of Motherhood
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Carrying the subtitle, "A Provocative Vision of Motherhood," this group show in Santa Monica, California, explores the dual roles of artist and mother. More »
The Feminicide Debate
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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 »
Tunisia’s Women—Defying the Odds
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The author, secretary-general of Parliamentarians for Global Action, writes that Tunisia is finding its own way while Islamist movements gain power in the region. More »
Martin-Zimmerman Tragedy—Could It Have Been Prevented?
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The author, executive director of the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, explores how appropriate attention to everyday violent behavior can protect potential victims and save potential perpetrators as well. More »
Male Bonding—Military Massacres By The Book
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The author of "Unmaking War, Remaking Men" writes that the behavior in Afghanistan of alleged killer Robert Bales was anything but unexpected. More »
Trayvon Martin Case: Do We Communicate More, Listen Less?
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Multimedia journalist Mary C. Curtis, among the first to write and speak about Trayvon Martin in the national media, draws lessons from the weaknesses and strengths of traditional and new media in covering the case. More »
