Global gag rule is back: One of Trump’s first actions targets the world’s women 
Update: May 16, 2017 On May 15, the Trump administration released its plan for expanding the global gag rule to affect nearly $8.8 billion in global ...
Impact Stories
6 Muslim women proving art is more powerful than hate in face of travel ban
By Samina Ali, curator of MuslimaJust last week, Federal judges in Hawaii and Maryland blocked U.S. President Donald Trump’s revised executive ...
How Trump’s ‘travel ban’ impacts women’s groups and activists in the Middle East
At the end of his first week in office, on January 27th, U.S. President Trump signed an executive order temporarily banning citizens from seven ...
8 ways you can be a champion for women with our action toolkit
Around the world, women are facing direct threats to their reproductive health, safety, economic rights, and so much more—with policies like the ...
Women’s movements matter more than ever: A critical moment for global women’s rights
January 20th marked a critical moment for the world: the new President-elect of the United States Donald Trump was inaugurated, officially ...
What I know about activism
By Tin Tin Nyo, Women Human Rights Defender Burmese Women’s UnionI work in Burma, one of the least developed and poorest countries in Asia. ...
Now is our time: A letter to the world’s women and girls
November's U.S. Presidential election outcome was not the glass ceiling-shattering moment many hoped it would be. But as I sat in our meeting of ...
Telling HER-story: A Q&A with #DefendHer artist María María Acha-Kutscher
A feminist visual artist, María María Acha-Kutscher’s work tells women’s stories. Through her various projects, including her illustrations for ...
Less Different: Fighting Islamophobia one funny drawing at a time
Humor and art can be powerful instruments to shatter stereotypes and end discrimination. In her illustrations, artist Soufeina Hamed is doing just ...
The Sufi Frida Kahlo: Islamic spirituality in sculpture and photography
Maïmouna Guerresi, an Italian-born artist who converted to Islam and joined the Murid Muslim community in Senegal, Africa, explores cultural ...
