Oct 11, 2016 Impact

Ariel Wengroff

Why We Started 'WOMAN'

Oct 11, 2016 Ariel Wengroff

On International Day of the Girl, we need to celebrate and support girls and women everywhere and keep fighting for equality on every level.

Oct 11, 2016 Impact

VICE Staff

Women Hold the Key to Restoring Peace in a Divided Colombia

Oct 11, 2016 VICE Staff

In celebration of International Day of the Girl, we're revisiting Gloria Steinem's exploration into the lives of female FARC fighters for her VICELAND show, WOMAN.

Oct 11, 2016 Impact

Katherine Keating

Highlighting the Harsh Realities Facing 1.1 Billion Girls

Oct 11, 2016 Katherine Keating

On the International Day of the Girl we highlight the actions of three extraordinary women who have championed female empowerment.

Oct 10, 2016 Impact

Allie Conti

This Radical Feminist Poem Is Now a Giant-Ass Art Installation

Oct 10, 2016 Allie Conti

The explosive poem inspired by Eileen Myles's run for president arrives just in time for the election.

Oct 8, 2016

Kimberly Lawson

​It Took 35 Years to Narrow the Gender Pay Gap by 20 Cents

Oct 8, 2016 Kimberly Lawson

The results of a new survey indicate that the wage gap is closing, though not very quickly and not for everyone. We talked to a workplace equality expert on the work that still needs to be done to achieve equal pay.

Oct 7, 2016 Impact

Sarah Bellman

The Feminist Matchmaker Fighting Against Dating Apps

Oct 7, 2016 Sarah Bellman

Professional matchmaker Amy Van Doran's new community-building art exhibition, the Love Museum, just might help you find your soulmate.

Oct 6, 2016 Impact

Pilot Viruet

‘Insecure’ Is a Show About Unique and Unapologetically Black Women

Oct 6, 2016 Pilot Viruet

Issa Rae's move to HBO opens up space for unapologetically black, unapologetically weird women everywhere.

Oct 6, 2016

Hani Richter

Meet the Former Refugee Who Is Now Somalia’s First Female Presidential Candidate

Oct 6, 2016 Hani Richter

Fadumo Dayib fled Somalia when civil war engulfed the country. Now the ex-asylum seeker is returning home to run for president.

Oct 4, 2016 Impact

Caisa Ederyd

Unsurprisingly, Gender Neutral Textbooks Make for Better Students

Oct 4, 2016 Caisa Ederyd

Two Swedish researchers found that you are more likely to apply for a course and get good grades if the books you read are less about boring stereotypes and more about situations you can personally identify with.

Oct 4, 2016 Impact

Karol Grygoruk

Portraits of Women on Strike Against Poland's Ban on Abortion

Oct 4, 2016 Karol Grygoruk

Women from all over the country skipped work or school and went on strike to oppose the complete ban on abortion.

Sep 17, 2016

Taylor Lindsay

How an Artist Used Recovered Sandals to Mourn the Refugee Crisis

Sep 17, 2016 Taylor Lindsay

Romuald Hazoumè's 'All in the Same Boat' depicts the odds stacked against refugees.

Sep 16, 2016

Nick Rose

For Refugees, Internet Access Has Become as Important as Food and Water

Sep 16, 2016 Nick Rose

The report, which looked at data from 44 different countries, found that Internet access has become "as vital to them as food, water, or shelter" for many refugees.

Sep 15, 2016 Impact

Matthew James-Wilson

Obama Just Created the First Marine National Monument in the Atlantic Ocean

Sep 15, 2016 Matthew James-Wilson

The monument will preserve 4,913 square miles of underwater canyons, coral reefs, extinct volcanos, and exotic wildlife off the coast of Massachusetts.

Sep 14, 2016

Daisy Meager

France Just Banned Plastic Cups and Cutlery

Sep 14, 2016 Daisy Meager

France is thought to be the first country in the world to introduce a ban on disposable cups, plates, knives, and forks in a bid to cut waste.

Sep 14, 2016 Impact

Melanie Gouby

How the Inspiration for a Pokémon Became the Most Trafficked Mammal on Earth

Sep 14, 2016 Melanie Gouby

The host of the most recent episode of Black Market: Dispatches dives deeper into the illicit pangolin trade.

Sep 13, 2016 Impact

VICE Staff

Inside the Illicit Pangolin Poaching Trade

Sep 13, 2016 VICE Staff

On this episode of Black Market: Dispatches, we investigate the poaching of the pangolin, the animal that may go extinct before anyone knows what it is.

Sep 12, 2016 Impact

Christine Estima

The Best and Worst Portrayals of Women from the Toronto International Film Festival

Sep 12, 2016 Christine Estima

We put TIFF films starring the likes of Kristen Stewart, Michelle Williams, Ellen Page, and Catherine Keener (among others) to the Bechdel test.

Sep 12, 2016

Daniel Oberhaus

We’ve Destroyed Ten Percent of Earth’s Wilderness Since 1992

Sep 12, 2016 Daniel Oberhaus

"If these trends continue, there could be no globally significant wilderness areas left in less than a century."

Sep 8, 2016 Impact

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VICE Staff

The Standing Rock Reservation's Fight Against Big Oil

Sep 8, 2016 VICE Staff

On this episode of Daily VICE, we talk to an artist from the Sioux tribe fighting against a proposed 1,100-mile oil line protestors say threatens the drinking water and sacred lands of the reservation.

Sep 6, 2016 Impact

Saul Elbein

Cambodian Journalists Are Dying Trying to Save the Country's Forests

Sep 6, 2016 Saul Elbein

In Cambodia and across the remote forests of the world, a rising boom in the illegal sale of wood, land, and minerals has turned the environmental beat into a new kind of conflict journalism.

Sep 19, 2016 Impact

Haisam Hussein

This Is How Alternative Energy Works

Sep 19, 2016 Haisam Hussein

The move away from fossil fuels seems to be gaining momentum, and a number of creative solutions have emerged.

Sep 1, 2016 Impact

Rebecca McCray

How California Is Giving People with Criminal Records a Second Chance

Sep 1, 2016 Rebecca McCray

A 2014 vote opened the door for ex-felons to clear their names in a state with a legacy of harsh crime laws. Despite a spike in some offenses since, California is poised to push ahead with criminal-justice reform.

Aug 30, 2016 Impact

VICE Staff

Watch a Discussion with Gloria Steinem About Sexual Assault in the US Military

Aug 30, 2016 VICE Staff

Tuesday night, Steinem will join retired brigadier general Loree Sutton for a special livestreamed discussion at Lincoln Center, following a screening of her Emmy-nominated VICELAND show, WOMAN.

Aug 25, 2016

Alex Swerdloff

Cattle Farmers Are Fighting Climate Change with Fart-Collecting Backpacks for Cows

Aug 25, 2016 Alex Swerdloff

Here are some of the odd ways in which livestock farmers are attempting to curtail their environmental impact.