Black Women’s Equal Pay Day falls on July 21 this year, marking how far into 2026 Black women must work to earn what white, ...

When I first landed an internship as an archives technician at the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House-National Historic Site – the D.C. home of the woman who founded Bethune-Cookman University – I didn ...

Black Women’s Equal Pay Day has arrived when job loss, systemic failings, rising living costs, and more threaten its progress ...

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Partnering with The Root, the NCBCP and Black Women’s Roundtable released the 10th annual “Power of the Sister Vote” poll, ...

There is a legacy of impunity that society has repeatedly directed toward Black women. That legacy supports the notion that Black women are incapable of feeling pain and when they do, there is an ...

The First Lady Senator Oluremi Tinubu has joined millions around the world in commemorating the International Day of Women and Girls of African Descent, paying glowing tribute to their resilience, ...

Thinking back on the biggest cultural moments of 2024, it’s hard to ignore the many African women who were at the center of it all. Over the past decade, global African music has been dominated by ...

The short film explores how systemic failures in healthcare drive inequities in Black maternal health and beyond.

The third Women’s Climate Assembly (WCA) took place recently in Dakar, Senegal, bringing together roughly 150 women activists and community leaders from 14 West and Central African countries. The ...

Universities have a role in challenging the status quo on issues such as gender, race, nationality and sexuality. But all too often, they replicate societal inequalities. For example, a recent study ...