The Original Women's March on Washington and the Suffragists Who Paved the Way

The Original Women's March on Washington and the Suffragists Who Paved the Way

They fought for the right to vote, but also advanced the causes for birth control, civil rights and economic equality

UN event spotlights the challenge of 'rollback' of women's rights

Sisters who attended the 69th session of the U.N.'s Commission on the Status of Women (March 10-21) spoke of progress and pushback since the 1995 Beijing Declaration.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres has warned about the dangers of patriarchy: "Women's rights are under siege because the poison of patriarchy is back with a vengeance," he said at the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the United Nations' major annual meeting on women's rights, held recently. Guterres used his speech to warn about the dangers patriarchy poses for women, especially today with the rise of new technologies and the threat…

Without women's empowerment, there is no climate resilience: the challenge of drought plans The climate crisis is intensifying the frequency and severity of droughts in Latin America and the Caribbean, seriously affecting food security, livelihoods and ecosystems in the region. However, the consequences of drought do not impact all people equally. Women and vulnerable groups, such as girls and children, indigenous peoples, youth, persons with di…