Volunteers will aim to add or improve the biographies of thousands of women rights defenders all over the world
Feminism articles on Democracy Chronicles
Feminism is a collection of movements and ideologies aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights for women. Also see our collection of articles on Women and elections.
Why Former First Lady Dianne Bentley is Alabama’s Feminist Icon
Bentley is a proud conservative Christian who made a choice in the face of everything she went through to leave a cheating spouse. By all accounts, while the world is trying desperately to promote women, we have a feminist icon in our midst
VIDEO: Feminism and Censorship in Arab Comic Books
Lebanese comic book artist Zainab Fasiki recently gave a talk on the interplay of feminism with Arab world’s censorship
Saudi Women Will Drive But Political Power is Still a Dream
Newfound empowerment is a potential social lightning rod in a country unaccustomed to such visibility for women
What more women in government would mean for Afghanistan
War is a reality of life in Afghanistan, but it’s not all-consuming, say a delegation of Afghan women leaders
Ukrainian Femen women’s movement battles against state repression
Femen activists captured widespread public attention for the first time in February 2010 with a topless protest
29 Iranian women arrested as headscarf protests intensify
Tehran police have arrested 29 women for appearing in public without a headscarf as protests against the dress code
Women risking all to defy Iranian mandatory hijab rules
A protest being carried out by women in Iran has recently attracted some attention from the internet.
Then and Now: Strategies for women activists and their foremothers
Modern-day counterparts to the strategies newly enfranchised female voters used in the 1920s to strengthen democracy
Chinese #MeToo movement is testing the censors’ limits
Censors deleted hundreds of social media posts with the tag “Me too in China” and closed related topic forums