Women's eNews embarks on its 3rd decade as the only global non-profit news organization reporting on the most crucial issues impacting women and girls around the world. By seeking the truth and reporting it, we continue to shape how women and girls are represented in the media working toward creating a more equitable world that honors, respects and supports the lives of women and girls, acting independently, with accountability and transparency.
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Life with a Disability in Ukraine with Oksana Kononets
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In 2012, at the age of 19, Oksana Kononets suffered an injury to the C5-6 vertebrae as a result of a fall from a 5th floor, which left her paralyzed. Oksana refused to let her disability stop her and stubbornly pushed on. Through months of rehabilitation, she learned to adapt herself in many ways. It was then, that she realized that, despite her di…
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Empowering People for Constitutional Change with Julie Suk
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As part of her seven-part print and podcast series for Women’s eNews, “How Would the ERA Impact Our Daily Lives?” journalist Rachel Leventhal interviews constitutional scholar and Academic Advisor to The ERA Project at Columbia Law School, Professor Julie Suk, about the structural impediments that were built-in to the US Constitution that keep wome…
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The ERA Coalition with Kimberly Peeler-Allen
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The Sy Syms Journalistic Excellence Program at Women’s eNews welcomes Kimberly Peeler-Allen as she joins journalist, Rachel Leventhal, to discuss the ERA (Equal Rights Amendment) Coalition and its mission. Kimberly is the Co-founder of Higher Heights, a national organization building the political power and leadership of Black women from the voting…
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Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights with Sunsara Taylor
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Sunsara Taylor is co-host of Revolution Nothing Less Show, host/producer of We Only Want the World (WBAI & WPFW), co-initiator of RefuseFascism.org, and leader of the Abortion Rights Freedom Ride. Sunsara talks with Lori Sokol about the new mass struggle called RiseUp4AbortionRights.org. Rise Up is dedicated to fighting for women’s reproductive rig…
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Where the L are the Women? with Leslie Cohen and Rachel Wand
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Influenced by the second wave of feminism and the gay rights movement, Leslie Cohen and three others were inspired to open Sahara, a groundbreaking, elegant, woman’s night club in New York City. The Sahara was a groundswell of change and the first bar in New York City owned and operated by women for women. Sahara represented a milestone along the a…
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Women's eNews embarks on its 3rd decade as the only global non-profit news organization reporting on the most crucial issues impacting women and girls around the world. By seeking the truth and reporting it, we continue to shape how women and girls are represented in the media working toward creating a more equitable world that honors, respects and…
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The Current Situation For Women and Girls In Afghanistan with Nahid Shahalimi
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Nahid Shahalimi is a filmmaker, artist, activist, and author of the book, We The Women of Afghanistan. Born in Kabul, Afghanistan, Nahid was forced to leave her country in 1985 and moved to Canada with her family. Nahid holds degrees in international politics, Southeast Asian studies, and Fine Arts from Chaplain College and Concordia University. Na…
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