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Feminist Groups to Feds: It’s Time to Protect Students from Online Harassment

Published: October 21, 2015

A coalition of more than 70 women’s and civil rights groups today called on the Department of Education to remind post-secondary schools that it’s their legal obligation to protect students from online anonymous harassment under Title IX and the Civil Rights Act. In the wake of threats faced by women students at the University of Mary Washington (UMW) on […]

Happy LGBTQIA History Month!: Five History Makers You Won’t See in the History Books

Published: October 1, 2015

Move on over, Harvey Milk! October is LGBTQIA History Month, and we’re going to kick it off by introducing you to five LGBTQIA folks you definitely didn’t learn about in history class. Sit down, take out your notes and let’s get into it! Dr. Pauli Murray “What is often called exceptional ability is nothing more […]

Advocacy As Liberation

Published: September 30, 2015

Gaisu Yari is a 27 year old survivor of the Taliban regime, child marriage, and other traumatic Afghan crises, like her father’s disappearance as a result of her escaping forced marriage, and the ever increasing presence and brutal deaths caused by the Taliban and Islamic State in areas where her family resides. By choosing advocacy […]

Feminists United at UMW Are Continuing the Fight Against Rape Culture!

Published: September 11, 2015

Fellow feminist activists! Please join us, Feminists United at the University of Mary Washington, as we continue to speak out against rape culture and cyber-harassment. What: No Longer Anonymous Rally When: Friday, September 18th at 4 pm Where: University of Mary Washington on the steps of Lee Hall; 1301 College Ave, Fredericksburg, VA 22401 Last […]

Feminist for All

Published: September 8, 2015

Women have always been targets in Afghanistan. No matter what political regime came to power, the victims were women. As a woman, in my native Afghanistan, I kept silent. I never had a chance to determine my identity. My country was one of war and women were always pushed out of the way, especially during […]

Looking Back: My Experience as a Woman Studying Computer Science at Kabul University

Published: September 3, 2015

Despite of thousand of challenges, women in Afghanistan have been enrolling across fields in universities. Kabul University, which is a government-funded college open to men and women, has more than 20,000 students from all over the country, all of whom had to pass a tough entrance exam. And I was one of them. I enrolled in […]

I Still Need Title IX – And Here’s 3 Reasons You Do, Too

Published: June 23, 2015

Forty-three years ago, Congress passed Title IX as part of the Education Amendments. This significant piece of legislation prohibited any education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance from discriminating on the basis of sex. Since its passing, Title IX has helped women around the country. It has helped women enter professions in fields […]

10 Ways the US Lags Behind the Rest of the World in Women’s Rights

Published: April 23, 2015

As a leader in human rights worldwide, it’s critical that the United States recognizes where it lags behind. Otherwise, how could it ever improve?

Sign The UVA Petition To Mandate Sexual Assault Education On Campus!

Published: March 24, 2015

University of Virginia Alumni and Allies for Survivors, a group dedicated to pushing for sexual assault reform at the University of Virginia (UVA), has created a petition calling on President Sullivan to implement an ongoing, mandatory sexual assault education program on campus that engages students at regular intervals throughout their academic careers. The group’s […]

My University Hosted The “Miss Universe” Pageant, And It Was Harmful To Its Students

Published: January 27, 2015

For a university that proclaims a “Worlds Ahead” mantra, it was certainly able to retrograde itself to a “Worlds Behind” university by using funds from the women’s athletics programs and reinforcing ethnocentricity and Eurocentric beauty standards to its diverse community in hosting Miss Universe.