Kavita Ramdas is a globally recognized advocate for gender equity and justice, at home in academia, the corporate boardroom, and the larger activist community. She may be best known for her work as the president and CEO of the Global Fund for Women, one of the world’s leading foundations for gender equality, from 1996 to [...more...]
For Dr. Nancy O’Reilly, the mission of Women Connect4Good is intensely personal. Growing up, she felt that life looked easier for boys and noticed society did not value girls in the same way, so she [...more...]
Trailblazers
Hali Lee has founded or co-founded multiple philanthropy and giving networks, all born from the idea that expanding the notion […more…]
Cherie Blair CBE, KC is an enormously influential figure at the intersection of business, politics, activism, and law. A renowned […more…]
In 1965, when Sara Miller McCune was only 24, she founded Sage Publishing, which grew into a major international academic […more…]
Our World
The line of green-clad rangers step carefully through the dense foliage of a forest in Zimbabwe, rifles bouncing on their […more…]
While Maanda Ngoitiko was growing up in her Maasai community in northern Tanzania, a blade of grass was the symbol […more…]
People don’t always agree on what feminism, equality, or system change is or looks like. But what can be agreed […more…]
Our Solidarity
In 1990, Tony Porter was director of a substance use program in a hospital north of New York City. There, […more…]
An esteemed leader in civic and philanthropic work who currently serves as the president and CEO of the California Community […more…]
Equimundo’s roots can be found in Brazil, where founder and CEO, Gary Barker, was researching men in Rio de Janeiro’s […more…]
Our Security
It wasn’t all that long ago here in the United States, when women were not allowed to own property, open […more…]
When Ilwad Elman visited her native Somalia, she was eager to reunite with her peace activist mother, who had moved […more…]
She came to Portland, Oregon, from Lebanon with a husband and children and the promise of the American Dream dancing […more…]
Our Safety
Two women live thousands of miles apart and speak different languages, but they are bound by an experience that changed […more…]
Hali Lee has founded or co-founded multiple philanthropy and giving networks, all born from the idea that expanding the notion […more…]
When Katie Marquart joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as a young lawyer, she knew about the firm’s prowess in […more…]
Our Minds
Victoria Shorr still remembers the eagle that soared over her students on the opening day of the academy she co-founded […more…]
Kara Nortman, a venture capitalist and tech executive, is currently the co-founder and managing partner of Monarch Collective, a sports […more…]
When her son came out to her as transgender 11 years ago, Roz Gould Keith had never heard that term. […more…]
Our Leadership
More than 42 years ago, the intersecting ideas that representation matters and there is strength in numbers sparked nine women […more…]
In 1965, when Sara Miller McCune was only 24, she founded Sage Publishing, which grew into a major international academic […more…]
Change doesn’t just happen overnight; we must make it happen. Solving gender equity issues, as well as effectively navigating other […more…]
Our Democracy
In January 2021, the inaugural National Youth Poet Laureate Amanda Gorman delivered her poem, “The Hill We Climb,” at the […more…]
Are you furious that the extremist Supreme Court is rolling back the rights of women and girls, pregnant people, and […more…]
How is it that over 60% of Americans support the legalization of abortion in most cases, but Roe v. Wade […more…]
Our Culture
Our understanding of history begins in the classroom. As young students, ideas of identity, equity, and place are explored through […more…]
Teenagers consume media at a startling rate, averaging over 10 hours a day via film, television, video games, social media, […more…]
In virtually all areas of arts and culture, women and girls are underrepresented – and it’s not because they don’t […more…]
Our Careers
What part can I play in the climate fight? To answer this question, the late Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai, who […more…]
Gretchen Carlson and Julie Roginsky never imagined their stories of sexual harassment in the workplace would launch a wave of […more…]
Why do women keep getting the short end of the economic stick? Throughout history, women have been a powerful, vital, […more…]
Our Bodies
Our bodies harbor memories, histories, stories, and identities. They determine how we see ourselves and how others see us. Tied […more…]
The untimely death of Kira Johnson from internal bleeding after a cesarean section in 2016 highlighted the problem. Tennis champion […more…]
In 2005, Dorothy Largay received a monetary windfall and asked herself how she could use the funds in the most […more…]
Impact Partners
When Katie Marquart joined Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP as a young lawyer, she knew about the firm’s prowess in […more…]
Champion Partners
One of the largest and most impactful private foundations in the United States, the Annenberg Foundation, has led the charge […more…]
People don’t always agree on what feminism, equality, or system change is or looks like. But what can be agreed […more…]
Philanthropy Together is a global nonprofit initiative that has reached hundreds of thousands of individuals through its work to diversify […more…]