Feminist analysis, commentary, and research
Explore feminist perspectives through in-depth analysis and commentary.
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2025 marks the 30th anniversary of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Despite progress, 24% of countries report backlash on gender equality, and 10% of women still live in extreme poverty. This is a critical moment to renew commitments.
UN Women / 11 minsThis article traces the evolution of feminist movements from the 19th-century suffrage campaigns to the digital activism of the #MeToo era. It explores the four waves of feminism, their historical contexts, and the persistent global challenges to gender equality, including political representation, reproductive rights, and social stigma.
Isabela De los Rios Hernández / 7 minsDeloitte's survey of 7,500 women across 15 countries maps workplace inequality through health, unpaid care, safety, and retention rather than treating advancement as an individual problem.
Deloitte Global / 8 minsMs. Magazine honors 2024's most influential feminists, including the 27 women who sued Texas over its abortion ban, Kamala Harris, Black women voters, and brave women fighting for rights globally.
Ms. Magazine Editorial Team / 12 minsIn the post-Roe era, digital privacy has suddenly become a matter of life and death for abortion seekers. Period tracking apps, search histories, and location data can all become evidence for prosecution. This article analyzes how digital surveillance threatens reproductive freedom and how women can protect their digital privacy.
Electronic Frontier Foundation & Privacy International / 10 minsClimate shocks, tech-driven discrimination, economic stress, and regressive politics are converging into a perfect storm hitting the most marginalized hardest. Intersectional analysis reveals how multiple oppressions interact.
UN Women / 10 minsUN Women uses Kenya’s National Care Policy process to show how time-use evidence can inform childcare, social protection, labor rights, and basic-service reform.
UN Women Africa / 6 minsILO labor-force data identifies unpaid care as a major structural barrier to women’s employment and shows how region, income, and family institutions widen the gap.
International Labour Organization / 6 minsNew book 'Breaking Free' reveals how 'equality' is a racist, patriarchal ideal that keeps women and marginalized communities chasing an unattainable goal. True liberation requires not equality, but freedom.
Amelia Hruby (Based on Breaking Free book) / 9 minsThe 2024 #MeToo report reveals that four in five women have experienced sexual assault or harassment in their lifetime, with 37% experiencing it in the workplace. Despite years of the #MeToo movement, sexual violence remains pervasive. Over 68 million U.S. adults experienced sexual harassment or assault in the past year alone.
Tulane University Newcomb Institute / 9 minsAn ILO and Magdalene time-use experiment makes Indonesian women’s invisible care hours concrete, showing how family responsibility consumes rest, paid work, and autonomy.
International Labour Organization / 6 minsLed by the Heritage Foundation and supported by over 100 far-right organizations, 'Project 2025' is an 887-page policy blueprint calling for the deletion of terms like 'gender equality' and 'reproductive rights' from federal regulations. This document is a comprehensive declaration of war on women's rights.
Feminist Majority Foundation / 10 mins