Thousands of women globally have used social media to share their own stories of pregnancy discrimination in light of US Senator Elizabeth Warren’s own declaration that she was subjected to this…
‘I completely & utterly disagree with him’: Jacinda Ardern condemns Trump’s racist remarks
Jacinda Ardern has spoken out against Donald Trump’s most recent verbal attack on four congresswomen. In a series of tweets on Sunday, the US President told four Democratic congresswomen, Ayanna…
Four women, and the fight against Donald Trump’s racism
“I am the least racist person you’ve ever met,” Trump has said in the past, on more than a few occasions. It appears the President of the US does not understand the term at all. On Monday, he called H…
‘Act. Do something’: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez & Greta Thunberg talk activism, climate and hope
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) and Greta Thunberg are visible, powerful and passionate, particularly on the subject of climate. The pair, having never met before and living on different continents, r…
Knock Down the House: The women who took on the US Congress
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is a cultural icon – the millennial face of US politics – but little more than a year ago, she was working as a waitress and living in The Bronx. Netflix’s lates…
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says bartending gave her a great BS detector, after widely-praised Congress questioning
People have been quick to write-off congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez due to her young age, apparent lack of experience, her dancing videos (a source of much fear and angst for many Republicans) …
‘You weren’t supposed to do that’: Trump upstaged by the women in white
There are 103 women in the 116th Congress, making it the most female Congress ever. And yesterday during President Donald Trump’s State Of The Union Address the large cohort of women certainly m…
US politics’ most powerful woman Nancy Pelosi puts climate crisis on the agenda
Nancy Pelosi received a standing ovation for her first address as Speaker of the House, with her firm comments on climate change standing out at a time when the Trump administration has largely reject…
An extraordinary year for women as record numbers contest US midterm elections
It was said that 2018 would be the ‘year of women’, and next week’s midterm elections in the United States could be the serious test of just what that means. A record number of women…