On this day

On this day in 1974, India’s Gaura Devi led a tree-hugging protest to stop deforestation

On this day in 1941, the Women’s Royal Naval Service began breaking German codes

On this day in 1853, Mary Ann Shadd published The Provincial Freeman, Canada’s first Black woman-led newspaper

News

Insights

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Rana Plaza: Garment workers are still fighting for fair wages

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What if food was a human right?

Change-makers

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Reinventing menopause, tackling stigmas: an initiative that’s changing adulthood for women in Latin America

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South Africa: fighting back against food poverty and climate change through Indigenous farming methods

Flashbacks

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On this day in 1974, India’s Gaura Devi led a tree-hugging protest to stop deforestation

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On this day in 1941, the Women’s Royal Naval Service began breaking German codes

Op-eds

How violence against women became a weapon for racist propaganda

How violence against women became a weapon for racist propaganda

“I wasn’t taught about colonialism in school — so I taught myself”

“I wasn’t taught about colonialism in school — so I taught myself”

The failures — and the future — of Western feminism

The failures — and the future — of Western feminism

25 reasons for activism in 2025

25 reasons for activism in 2025

Videos

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Women in Literature Festival: the power of storytelling

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Afghan women on the front line: In their homes

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Afghan women on the front line: On the street