Kimberlé Crenshaw’s TED talk on intersectionality published

After George Zimmerman’s acquittal in Trayvon Martin’s killing, Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors and Opal Tometi built a movement and organizing network. Its decentralized structure connected local...

Activists established Controle Alt Delete to challenge police violence, ethnic profiling and unequal treatment in Dutch policing. The initiative uses public education, research and community action to...

The campaign was established to demand a visible end to blackface in Sinterklaas celebrations. Its organizers used peaceful demonstrations and public education, turning an entrenched national...

The killing and subsequent protests built new organizing networks and debates about policing, accountability and community power. Ferguson activists shaped national and international public discussion...

The Supreme Court recognized marriage equality nationwide. LGBTQ organizing won a major legal change, while marriage-centered inclusion did not resolve poverty, healthcare access, trans discrimination...

Demonstrations in the US and abroad linked gender equality to racial justice, migration and reproductive rights. The scale of participation raised questions about coalition leadership and whose...

Tarana Burke’s survivor-centered organizing phrase gained global visibility after social-media sharing. Burke emphasized that the work began in 2006 with marginalized survivors; the viral moment...

Voters approved removing the constitutional abortion ban after years of campaigning by reproductive-rights groups and survivors. The result marked a major shift in state control over women’s health...

Activists organized demonstrations across France demanding action against violence toward women and LGBTQ people. The network linked public protest with education and community organizing.

The directive set minimum rights around parental, paternity and carers’ leave and flexible work. It treated care as a labor and equality issue, while uneven national implementation shaped access.