The homes of oil field workers near Watford City, ND.  Photo by  Andrew Cullen for The New York Times. By some accounts, th...

“As a young child, barefoot women and girls carrying heavy containers of water on their heads, walking long distances under the searing...

The Peace of Wild Things By Wendell Berry  When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fea...

"I’ve got a 25-year-old son named Abe. I’ve got a 20-year-old daughter named Jessie. I would throw myself in front of a bus if it was ...

This inspirational music video from 1 Million Women , calling women from around the world to speak up about climate change and hope, is out...

We're loving this look at the life and work of Melinda Gates, co-founder and co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation , and ...

Are you keeping an eye on the goings on at COP21 in Paris?  We are, and we're especially interested to see if/how a gendered perspective...

By: Katie Douglas, WEA Intern “I will ensure this… the climate battle must be fought for, and with, women,” stated Laurent Fabius, th...

By: Katie Douglas, WEA intern In Ulhara, a village in the city of Hazaribagh in Jharkhand, India, a group of women gathered for a cluster ...

In our work, we've seen the incredible contributions women farmers continue to make in their communities when small farms and home gard...