Janeen Edwards

When 7th-grade teacher Brett Cornelius gave his class a spoken word poem assignment, one of his students, Olivia, presented a poem...

Carol Christ first stepped onto the University of California Berkeley campus in the early ‘90s as a young, new professor. Now,...

The up and coming industry, virtual reality, has been making waves in the technology sector. A spring 2017 virtual reality industry...

The risk of modern slavery has risen in 20 member states of the European Union. A global ranking, released recently, reported...

Minnesota authorities and nonprofit organizations are taking action to stop the thriving criminal sexual enterprise that has taken hold of the...

Stronger laws to reinforce the ban of an ancient Hindu practice, called Chhaupadi, have been passed in Nepal. Although the practice...

Of the many organizations that have taken great strides to ensure the gender equality, one of the most noteworthy would have...

Pakistani lawyer, Ayesha Gulalai Wazir, has accused male colleague and Pakistani politician, Imran Khan, of sending her inappropriate text messages on...

Author Robbie Tripp took to Instagram on July 30th to share a body-positive message about his wife, Sarah, and the post,...

After 104 days in prison without trial, Saudi Arabian women’s rights activist Mariam al-Otaibi has been released. Otaibi was arrested in...

Rape victims would have miserable lives without husbands, explained Malaysian Member of Parliament and former syariah court judge Shabudin Yahaya. In...

My Goat. My Weak One. My Chicken. As reported by a New York Times article, these demeaning names are just a...

Of the 91 newly elected Members of Parliament (MPs) in Papua New Guinea’s recent election, held from June 24 to July...

Activists come in all shapes and sizes but, more recently, an increasing amount are seen in the shape of strong women....

Celine Dookhran’s body was found dead in the fridge of a one and a half million-pound home in south-west London. A...

There were four reports of rape and 23 of sexual assault, read police reports at the Swedish music festival Bravalla, which ran...

According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, roughly 20 people per minute are physically abused by domestic partners in the...

Meet Girl Scout Troop 6000. Established February at a Queens homeless shelter, the troop of 27 young girls is one of...

According to The Guardian, approximately 61 percent of law graduates are women. In a staggering comparison, out of all private practice...

(It should be noted that this piece is intended to serve as satire.) In recent news, a female reporter was attempting...

An El Salvadorian teen was sentenced to 30 years in jail for murder on July 5, 2017. The teen’s case was...

Many might think the final tasks terminally ill patients would set out to complete would be those of the typical bucket...

“I was mutilated along with my baby sister,” shared a female genital mutilation survivor. “She was 9, and I was 11....

Gender bias has been a major issue in the fight for equality and freedom from gender discrimination. For many years, sexual...