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ICE Deployments Disrupting Abortion Care - Women’s Media Center The increased presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents and the fear of detention and deportation have had chilling impact on access to care.

Advocates and providers report that fear of encounters with ICE agents has meant their clients have been canceling crucial health care appointments or not showing up... in some cases, finding themselves unable to obtain abortion care at all. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

‘This is not marriage, this is legalized rape’: New Report Outlines Strategies to End Child Marriage Worldwide - Women’s Media Center Globally, there are 640 million women who were married as children. The new report, commissioned by Sheryl Sandberg with support from Hillary Rodham Clinton, identifies steps that governments and…

“We just need to stop being nice about this. It’s not ‘early’ marriage, it’s forced marriage. This is not marriage, this is legalized rape. We have to call these things as they are.” womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

Gender disparity in Editing: After making slight progress in previous years, female representation in this category took a nosedive: No women are nominated in 2026.

Read our full report "WMC Investigation 2026: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations": womensmediacenter.com/reports/wmc-...

Film Industry and Tech Consolidation — New Boss, Same as the Old Boss - Women’s Media Center The film industry’s new era of unfettered consolidation with tech companies is not good news for those who have been pushing for diversity and inclusion in Hollywood.

Women’s representation as filmmakers has barely budged over the last 25 years. Now, as the industry enters an era of unfettered, next-level consolidation w/ largely unregulated tech companies + the war against diversity, it seems unlikely to change. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

Gender disparity in Best Director category: There is only 1 woman out of 5 nominees for best director this year. Only 3 women have ever won in this category.

Read our full report "WMC Investigation 2026: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations" womensmediacenter.com/reports/wmc-...

#WMCTalks: Join us TOMORROW, at 12:30pm EST, on Instagram Live for a critical conversation about the war on Iran—through a gendered lens with award-winning journalist Caroline Modarressy-Tehrani and this week's host @sorayachemaly.bsky.social. www.instagram.com/womensmediac...

Why Youth Voices Matter: What I Learned at the 2026 World Economic Forum - Women’s Media Center Being able to attend Davos this early in my professional journey reminded me that the most resilient systems are the ones grounded in empathy, transparency, and community.

What I Learned at the 2026 World Economic Forum womensmediacenter.com/fbomb/what-i...

Gender disparity in Best Picture category: The number of women nominees increased slightly, compared to 2025, but the overall percentage decreased. Read our full report "WMC Investigation 2026: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations": womensmediacenter.com/reports/wmc-...

Women’s Media Center Women's Media Center (WMC) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit women's organization in the United States founded in 2005 by writers and activists Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem. Led by President Ju...

It was a true joy to come together in community to honor & celebrate these vital leaders and journalists. For more information and photos from the WMC Women’s Media Awards, and about the Women’s Media Center’s work to make women powerful and visible in media, visit our website! womensmediacenter.com

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: (L-R) Janet Dewart Bell, Soraya Chemaly, Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, Julie Burton, Erica González Martínez and Lauren Embrey attend The WMC 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

We opted to hold this year’s awards during Women’s History Month because, as WMC president and CEO Julie Burton (@julieburton.bsky.social) said at the event, so much of the movement’s history, and its successes, are under attack. “We tell the stories that matter — and tell them as if women matter.”

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: Margot Wallström accepts the WMC Robin Morgan Sisterhood Is Powerful Award at the 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: Robin Morgan and award winner Margot Wallström at the 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

Margot Wallström, who was the first UN Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict before later launching the world’s first “feminist foreign policy” as the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Sweden, was presented by Robin Morgan with the WMC Robin Morgan Sisterhood Is Powerful Award.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: Paola Ramos accepts the WMC Carol Jenkins Award at the 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: (L-R) Janet Dewart Bell and award winner Paola Ramos attend The WMC 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: (L-R) Maria Hinojosa, Jane Fonda, and Paola Ramos attend The WMC 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

Paola Ramos (@paoramos.bsky.social)—author of DEFECTORS: The Rise of the Latino Far Right and What That Means for America & FINDING LATINX: In Search of the Voices Redefining Latino Identity—was presented the WMC Carol Jenkins award by Janet Dewart Bell, for tenacious pursuit of overlooked stories.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: Maribel Pérez Wadsworth accepts the WMC Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: Pat Mitchell and award winner Maribel Pérez Wadsworth attend The WMC 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: (L-R) Maríbel Pérez Wadsworth and Jane Fonda attend The WMC 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

Maribel Pérez Wadsworth (@maribel-wadsworth.bsky.social)was presented by @patmitchellmedia.bsky.social with the WMC Pat Mitchell Lifetime Achievement Award for her journalism & leadership at Gannett before becoming CEO of @knightfoundation.org to lead its mission of informing & engaging communities.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: Christine Neumann-Ortiz accepts the WMC Progressive Women's Voices IMPACT Award at the 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: Award winner Christine Neumann-Ortiz and Jane Fonda attend The WMC 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: Christine Neumann-Ortiz (R) and guest attend The WMC 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

Christine Neumann-Ortiz, founding Executive Director of Voces de la Frontera, which works to organize and empower immigrant workers and families in Wisconsin and throughout the country, was presented with our WMC Progressive Women’s Voices IMPACT Award by Jane Fonda (@janefonda.com).

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: Barbara Kopple accepts the WMC Ahead of Her Time Award at the 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: Donna Deitch (L) and award winner Barbara Kopple (R) attend The WMC 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: Barbara Kopple (R) and guest attend The WMC 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

Barbara Kopple was presented by Donna Deitch (@donna-deitch.bsky.social) with the WMC Ahead of Her Time Award for her career as a pioneering, sharp-eyed cinema vérité documentarian, beginning with her 1977 Academy Award-winning HARLAN COUNTY USA and up through her latest film, GUMBO COALITION.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: Julie F. Kay accepts the WMC Progressive Women's Voices IMPACT Award at the 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: Erica González Martínez and award winner Julie F. Kay at the 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: Julie F. Kay (C) and guests attend The WMC 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: Jane Fonda (L) and Julie F. Kay (R) attend The WMC 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

Julie F. Kay (@juliefkay.bsky.social), founder and CEO of Reproductive Futures, which works to make telemedicine abortion, emergency room and post-abortion care safe and legal across the US, was presented with our WMC Progressive Women’s Voices IMPACT Award by Erica González Martínez.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: Dr. Chandra Childers accepts the WMC Progressive Women's Voices IMPACT Award at the 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: Soraya Chemaly and award winner Dr. Chandra Childers attend The WMC 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: (L-R) Maribel Pérez Wadsworth, Barbara Kopple, Jane Fonda, Christine Neumann-Ortiz, Margot Wallström, and Chandra Childers attend the the 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

Dr. Chandra Childers, Senior Policy and Economic Analyst for EARN at @epi.org, was presented by Soraya Chemaly (@sorayachemaly.bsky.social) with our WMC Progressive Women’s Voices IMPACT Award for her work to advance pro-worker economic, racial, and gender justice policies across the South & nation.

NEW YORK, NEW YORK - MARCH 05: (L-R) Julie F. Kay, Barbara Kopple, Maribel Perez Wadsworth, Chandra Childers, Margot Wallström, Christine Neumann-Ortiz and Paola Ramos are the honorees at The WMC 2026 Women's Media Awards at Tribeca Rooftop on March 05, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Craig Barritt/Getty Images for The Women's Media Center)

At our 2026 Women's Media Awards last Thursday in New York, we honored seven outstanding leaders and champions for women in media. You should know more about our honorees and their world-changing work! A thread 🧵

Stop Pretending This Health Care System Cares About Pregnant Women - Women’s Media Center Every preventable maternal death is a reminder that our democracy means nothing if it cannot protect its citizens.

Maternity health care deserts are present in 35% of US counties, meaning over 1/3 of American counties lack adequate prenatal, delivery, or postpartum care, and one in every six Black babies is born in these deserts. This high number is not a coincidence. womensmediacenter.com/fbomb/stop-p...

While some modest gains were made, overall representation for women remains stalled below 1/3 of nominees in this year's #Oscars non-acting categories, indicating a stubborn resistance to change. Our annual report on Gender & Non-Acting Oscar Nominations: womensmediacenter.com/reports/wmc-...

Women's Media Awards 2026 in pictures - Women’s Media Center THE WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER hosted their 2026 WOMEN’S MEDIA AWARDS on March 5th at Tribeca Rooftop in New York City. The WMC AWARDS were presented to outstanding leaders and champions for women in…

We got a head start on celebrating #IWD at the Women's Media Awards 2026, held on March 5th at Tribeca Rooftop in New York City. Missed it? Relive our special night with us in picture: womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

‘This is not marriage, this is legalized rape’: New Report Outlines Strategies to End Child Marriage Worldwide - Women’s Media Center Globally, there are 640 million women who were married as children. The new report, commissioned by Sheryl Sandberg with support from Hillary Rodham Clinton, identifies steps that governments and comm...

My latest @womensmediacenter.bsky.social piece uplifts an important new report released today: Accelerating Efforts to End Child Marriage

Gender disparity in Original Screenplay category: All 10 of the category’s nominees are men, compared to 2025, when 2 women (25%) and 6 men (75%) were nominees.

Read our full report "WMC Investigation 2026: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations": womensmediacenter.com/reports/wmc-...

There's a rare female majority in both Documentary categories for this year's Oscars.

Read more in our full report "WMC Investigation 2026: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations": womensmediacenter.com/reports/wmc-...

We broke down the gender disparity in both Screenplay categories for this year's Oscars.

Read our full report "WMC Investigation 2026: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations": womensmediacenter.com/reports/wmc-...

‘This is not marriage, this is legalized rape’: New Report Outlines Strategies to End Child Marriage Worldwide - Women’s Media Center Globally, there are 640 million women who were married as children. The new report, commissioned by Sheryl Sandberg with support from Hillary Rodham Clinton, identifies steps that governments and…

“We just need to stop being nice about this. It’s not ‘early’ marriage, it’s forced marriage. This is not marriage, this is legalized rape. We have to call these things as they are.” womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...

Gender disparity in Best Director category: There is only 1 woman out of 5 nominees for best director this year. Only 3 women have ever won in this category.

Read our full report "WMC Investigation 2026: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations" womensmediacenter.com/reports/wmc-...

Being “Low-Energy” Is Not a Moral Failure - Women’s Media Center For young women, energy isn’t just about productivity; it’s also emotional labor.

"We live in a culture where energy is proof of virtue, and exhaustion is framed as a failure of discipline or gratitude. If you’re tired, the assumption is you’re not doing enough." womensmediacenter.com/fbomb/being-...

Gender disparity in Editing: After making slight progress in previous years, female representation in this category took a nosedive: No women are nominated in 2026.

Read our full report "WMC Investigation 2026: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations": womensmediacenter.com/reports/wmc-...

‘This is not marriage, this is legalized rape’: New Report Outlines Strategies to End Child Marriage Worldwide - Women’s Media Center Globally, there are 640 million women who were married as children. The new report, commissioned by Sheryl Sandberg with support from Hillary Rodham Clinton, identifies steps that governments and…

Today, there are 640 million women who were married as children (under the age of 18), and more than 200 million of them were married under the age of 15. womensmediacenter.com/news-feature...