Every two weeks, we send newsletters and digests to our subscribers about issues currently facing women, girls and those who support them. You can consult them here.
November 2024
The U.S. elections - what did happen? And what didn’t
Trying to make sense of the U.S. elections
October 2024
On the Necessity of Love, by bell hooks
bell hooks on the politics of love
September 2024
Childless cat ladies or tradwives?
The GOP war against women continues
July 2024
Project 2025 is the Republican Party’s plan to end reproductive freedom and LGBTQ+ rights in the U.S.
The GOP Christian Nationalist threat is real
June 2024
The magic and realismof Maryse Condé
A storyteller's quest for freedom, truth and belonging
In Brazil, a far-right onslaught blocks progress on abortion rights
Health providers are at the center of the struggle
May 2024
Women Talking
Leaving their world behind to escape sexual violence
April 2024
Women’s rage and resistance
The time for resistance is now
Pronatalism rises again
Commandeering our wombs to produce the right kind of babies
March 2024
Is Roe the floor—or the ceiling?
Imagining true abortion justice
Thinking about maternal deaths as a social issue, not just a medical problem
Global maternity deaths are too high
February 2024
Taking back Polish democracy and women’s rights:In conversation with Wanda Nowicka, member of Parliament
Encouraging news after eight years of anti-democratic far-right rule
The Magdalene Laundries: Punishing the poor, pregnant and unwed in Ireland
A campaign for justice.
January 2024
Deaths of Women in Pregnancy and Childbirth: Easily Preventable, but Alarmingly Persistent
Easily preventable, alarmingly persistent
The wombs of women: crucible of race, capitalism and feminism
Considering the urgent concerns of Black womenand women of color
December 2023
They will stop at nothing to control our bodies
The U.S. right wing will stop at nothing to control women’s bodies
In conversation with Ros Petchesky, a feminist, Jewish voice for peace
A kind but fierce truth teller on the connections between feminism, human rights, peaceand justice in Israel and Palestine.
November 2023
Do feminist and human rights groups care about Israeli women?
Sexual violence is being weaponized against feminist and human rights groups.
Why have there been no great women artists?
Revisiting Linda Nochlin’s classic 1971 book.
October 2023
What was your first act of resistance?
Examining Stories of Girls’ Resistance, a multi-year, multi-country narrative project.
Seeing differently
What we tolerated in the past disturbs us now. What made that change possible?
September 2023
The war on LGBTQ persons in Uganda
How did Uganda end up on the frontlines of state-sponsored homophobia and transphobia?
Women and the Rwandan genocide
Discovering the extraordinarily powerful writing of Scholastique Mukasonga.
July 2023
Rapprochement in Kigali?: Europe’s far-right uses women’s conferenceto reach out to African governments
The far-right attacks on democracy, human rightsand gender equality were felt at WD2023.
Women overcoming patriarchy in India: Desperately Seeking Shah Rukh
Examining Shrayana Bhattacharya’s best-selling book on the state of womanhood in India.
June 2023
A year in the post-Roe era
The devastation and harm the Dobbs decision has unleashed are hard to overstate.
How Can We Remain Hopeful In These Terrible Times?
Let This Radicalize You by Kelly Hayes and Mariame Kaba.
May 2023
“We need to be bold” – assert the Kenyan feminists determined to expand access to safe abortion
Addressing unsafe abortion would make a significant dent in Kenya’s high maternal mortality ratio.
American poet Maggie Smith on divorce, motherhood, and finding herself
Finding inspiration in You Could Make This Place Beautiful.
April 2023
What if sex work was just work?
In 2003, New Zealand decriminalized sex work. What’s happened since?
The mifepristone diaries
The confusing legal battle over the abortion pill.
March 2023
The stained white pantsuit:Overcoming period shaming and period poverty in Kenya
Who is standing up for Kenyan senator Gloria Orwoba?
Men are responsible for 100% of unwanted pregnancies
Gabrielle Blair’s provocative and clever new book Ejaculate Responsibly:A Whole New Way to Think About Abortion.
February 2023
Is Florida the future of US politics ?
Ron DeSantis, the Governor of Florida, has become the darling of Republican donors.
“Writing is like wielding a knife.” said Annie Ernaux.The Nobel Committee agreed.
Ernaux holds progressive, feminist political opinions, and she acts on them.
January 2023
Young people in Latin America and Mexico want to control their sexuality
An interview with Dr.Faith Mwangi-Powell, Head of Girls Not Brides.
Abortion pills in every medicine cabinet, now
To guarantee abortion rights, every household should have packs of abortion pills on hand.
December 2022
Girls should be girls, not brides!
12 million girls are married before their 18th birthday every year.
Ending gender-based violence: Rays of hope amid the despair
Tracking progress on our first anniversary.
November 2022
Feeding the beast: the transnational movement stoking hatred against “gender”
The US Far-right is engaged in a deliberate and intensifying hate campaign.
The U.S. midterms, youth and abortion
Abortion rights moved young, Gen Z voters to the polls.
October 2022
Funding feminist groups
Feminist groups are the single most important factor in advancing women’s rights.
Books about women, by women
Reviewing works by Ariyoshi, Yakhina, and Davis.
September 2022
Advancing sexual and reproductive rights in Pakistan
Sheena Hadi’s journey to advance the rights of adolescent girls in Pakistan.
Bell hooks in focus
Highlighting Feminism is for Everybody: Passionate Politics.
August 2022
Polish feminists and their struggle for democracy
What has happened in Poland and what can we learn from Polish activists?
Come closer to feminism with renowned author bell hooks
Sharing the ideas of feminism with a wider audience.
July 2022
The bold and brave feminists of Uruguay
For Uruguayan feminist Liliáne Abracinskas, the fight never ends.
The cost of restricting abortion access
Findings from the Turnaway Studyby Diana Greene Foster, PHD.
June 2022
As Roe ends, another struggle begins
After Dobbs, women in the U.S. are neither free or equal.
Lifting up feminists from the global South
What will it take to decolonize feminism?
May 2022
Women and growing older
Women who “live too long” and those who care for them are not as valued as they should be.
The US Supreme Court and Roe v. Wade
The court’s decision is egregiously wrong and exceptionally weak.
April 2022
Why is Russia so keen on Marine Le Pen?
It’s no secret that Russia has been funding Le Pen’s party for years.
And Still Ketanji Brown Jackson Rises
Brown’s confirmation to the Supreme Court is an uplifting and hopeful moment.
March 2022
Kenyan feminists demand their sexual and reproductive rights
It takes a feminist movement to protect sexual and reproductive rights in Kenya.
Putin's war on Ukraine's women and children
The indirect effects of armed conflict on civilian women and children are far greater than its direct effects on combatants.
February 2022
In focus: Young feminists organizing in Central Africa
An interview with Zoneziwoh Mbondgulo-Wondieh.
Women are managing their own abortions
Managing one’s own abortion pills is a political and practical imperative.
January 2022
Authoritarianism in Brazil threatens democracy and women's rights
Jair Bolsonaro’s election is bad news.
The right to sex, and the goal of anti-gender movements
Feminist reflections of sex, intersectionality and ethics from Amia Srinivasan.
December 2021
The US Supreme Court is a threat to abortion rights
The court appears set to overturn Roe v. Wade.
Ending gender-based violence
Remembering the women of the Polytechnique.
November 2021
Making the case for women health care workers
COVID has impacted women disproportionately since the very beginning of the pandemic.
The FMUS November Digest is here
Is the word “woman” sufficiently inclusive?
October 2021
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