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Saudi Women Are Living the 'Handmaid's Tale'

"Just over a week after Dina Ali Lasloom, a 24-year-old Saudi Arabian, was dragged onto a plane from Manila to Riyadh with her mouth taped shut and her arms and legs bound, the United Nations voted to appoint Saudi Arabia to a four-year term on its Commission on the Status of Women. So much for the status of this Saudi woman."

Posted on Jun 05, 2017 By Megan Reilly

A Women's Museum on the Mall?

The push to see a women’s museum on the National Mall has been ongoing for several decades, with the National Women’s History Museum attempting to find a spot on the mall that would accommodate the space. At a recent event, they called in the big guns - Laura Bush and Hillary Clinton.

Posted on Jun 05, 2017 By Megan Reilly

10-year old Girl, Bullied for Her Skin Tone, Starts Empowering Clothing Line

“I’ve been bullied a lot, like in the first grade, I went to school with just four other black kids... And kids used to bully me because they weren’t used to... Read More

Posted on Jun 05, 2017 By Megan Reilly

The Last Photos of Frida Kahlo

"In 1950, German-born French photographer Gisèle Freund spent two years documenting Frida Kahlo and husband Diego Rivera in La Casa Azul. Initially, Freund planned to stay in Mexico for just... Read More

Posted on Jun 03, 2017 By Megan Reilly

Child Marriage as a Weapon of War

We are huge fans of photographer and humanitarian Stephanie Sinclair's work to shed light on child marriage, through her project Too Young to Wed. In this piece, she shares the... Read More

Posted on May 23, 2017 By Jodi

Brooklyn Style: Feature on News 12 Brooklyn

We were on Brooklyn Style on News 12 Brooklyn last night! They did a great job telling our story, and featuring Agustina from Chenalho, and the Catrinka Girls Project team... Read More

Posted on May 19, 2017 By Megan Reilly

100-year-old Filipina Tattoo Artist Keeps Tradition Alive

Maria Fang-od Oggay is a ritual tattoo artist of the Butbut tribe of the Kalinga ethnic group in the northern Philippines. With ink made of pine soot and a thorn... Read More

Posted on May 17, 2017 By Megan Reilly

Cause of the Gender Gap: Motherhood

When men and women finish school and start working, they are paid pretty much the same. But a gender gap in pay appears quickly, and grows for the following decades.... Read More

Posted on May 15, 2017 By Megan Reilly

What Teen Girls See When They Look in the Mirror

These girls stare into the camera with all kinds of emotion and qualities on display - confidence, timidity, anxiety, strength.

Posted on May 15, 2017 By Megan Reilly

The Last Woman You Would Expect to Die in Childbirth

Lauren Bloomstein, a neonatal nurse (married to a doctor), died in her own New Jersey hospital just hours after giving birth to her first child. Her death was preventable. Read this heart-breaking story and some of the hypotheses for why the US - alone - is getting this so wrong.

Posted on May 15, 2017 By Megan Reilly

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