Women's Media Center

1 week ago | womensmediacenter.com | Carla Hay

In a political climate where diversity initiatives and civil rights are under frequently law-breaking attacks, it has become more urgent for women finding strength in community to fight back against these attacks and keep pushing for progress. This call to action was voiced by several recipients and presenters at the 2025 Women’s Media Awards, which were presented on June 5 at the JW Marriott Essex House in New York City.

1 month ago | womensmediacenter.com | Megan McGibney

WMC News & Features This week is the seventh annual Period Poverty Awareness Week, a time to raise awareness about the lack of access to menstrual products needed by girls, women, and anyone else who menstruates, and to take action to solve the problem.

1 month ago | womensmediacenter.com | Carmen Rios

WMC News & Features Lilly Ledbetter worked for 19 years at a Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. plant before she learned she was being paid significantly less than her male counterparts. In 1999, she filed a pay discrimination lawsuit against Goodyear, which seven years later ended up before the Supreme Court. When the Court ruled against Ledbetter the following year, her fight continued.

1 month ago | womensmediacenter.com | Arundhati Nath

WMC News & Features Anamika Vishwakarma was 23 years old when she traveled solo for the first time. While she had planned to do so earlier, she found it difficult to convince her family to let her. She lives in a joint family consisting of her parents, grandparents, and brothers in Varanasi, in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. “In 2022, I traveled solo to Manali, 1,350 kilometers from my hometown,” she says. “It was a 15-day trip.

2 months ago | womensmediacenter.com | Carmen Rios

March 25 marks All Women’s Equal Pay Day — which represents how far into 2025 women, on average, must work in order to earn what men earned by the end of 2024. The National Committee on Pay Equity first recognized “National Pay Inequity Awareness Day” in 1996, hoping to raise awareness about Each year, it now serves as a reminder of how much work remains in the fight for women’s economic equality.