Shirley Chisholm’s groundbreaking career as the first Black woman in Congress included an unlikely alliance that revealed her bold, principled approach to political change.

The Acadiana Center for the Arts recently held a screening and reception for the documentary, “Ratified,” which details the century-long effort to pass the Equal Rights Amendment. The event took place ...

Ohio Equal Rights officially launched its statewide signature collection campaign Wednesday, aiming to place two proposed constitutional amendments on the November 2026 ballot. The grassroots ...

December 2025 saw a whirlwind of events in the health corridors of Kenya. On December 4, Kenya signed a landmark five-year aid deal with the United States: a $2.5 billion Health Cooperation Framework.

Three decades after the Beijing Platform for Action, the groundbreaking UN declaration that affirmed that women’s rights are human rights, the global movement for gender equality and women’s ...

Rajnath Singh says women match or surpass men when given equal opportunity, citing their success in combat and technical roles. Women fighter pilots, commanding officers and Agniveers demonstrate ...

They called themselves the “Women in Red.” Dressed in crimson robes and white caps, they marched with faces downturned in silent protest against Israel’s government in the year before the war in Gaza.

Images illustrated were recommended Nov. 18 by the Citizens Coinage Advisory Committee to the Treasury secretary for the Shirley Chisholm congressional gold medal. Proposed obverse and reverse designs ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (WIVB) — A library in Amherst will soon be getting a new name. The resolution to rename the Amherst Main Library at Audubon after former U.S. Congresswoman Shirley Chisholm passed ...

During her congressional career, Shirley A. Chisholm founded the National Women's Political Caucus, supported the Equal Rights Amendment, and legalized abortion. On this edition of In Black America, ...

A new Office of Civil Rights and Equal Opportunity at Rutgers University will centralize handling of discrimination, sexual misconduct and harassment complaints and compliance with federal and state ...