Five Years celebrates the power of education to change the life of a child at-risk for sex trafficking. When Mai is solicited by a trafficker to enter the sex trade, we see the influence that education and positive mentorship can have to empower a girl to achieve her dreams...

14 min

The Future Must Be Green, Red, Black and Female

The future of the human species - if there is to be a future - must be radically green, red, black and female.

Robert Jensen

Generation M: Misogyny in Media & Culture (trailer)

Despite the achievements of the women's movement over the past four decades, misogyny remains a persistent force in American culture. In this important documentary, Thomas Keith, professor of philosophy at California State University-Long Beach, looks specifically at...

5 min

Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer (2013) (trailer)

Sundance award-winning documentary which tells the compelling story of how a group of young, feminist punk rockers known as Pussy Riot captured the world's attention by protesting against Putin's Russia. Through first-hand interviews with band members, their families and the...

2 min

1 Billion Rising Against Rape: Why Will You Rise?

On December 16, 2012 a young woman and her friend travelling on a bus in South Delhi were physically assaulted. The young woman was raped and brutalized and fought for her life for days following. Unfortunately she lost her life, but her struggle galvanized millions in...

2 min

Arise (2013) (trailer)

On every continent, women are taking the lead to protect and restore the natural environment, and are empowering others to respect the earth. Arise presents the stories of a diverse group of 13 women in five countries who have initiated solution-oriented environmental...

2 min

See The 5 Kick-Ass Women This Mom Dressed Her Daughter As Instead Of A Disney Princess

Photographer and mother Jaime Moore searched high and low for creative inspiration to take photos of her 5-year-old daughter Emma but found most of the ideas were how to dress your little girl like a Disney princess. It got her thinking about some real women for her daughter...

Rossalyn Warren

Yes, It's Misogynistic and Violent, But I still Admire Grand Theft Auto

The world's most successful video game has, once again, pushed women to the margins. It's time that it faced proper critical scrutiny. So it's been a bad week. On Monday, I had to switch off Classic FM when it played Wagner, since he was an antisemite. Then I burned my...

Helen Lewis

Insiders Reveal the Layered Forms of Sexism in Film & Television

When our daughters or young women look at the screen they don't see a reflection of themselves

3 min

What We Can Learn From The Largest International Study On Rape That's Been Conducted So Far

United Nations researchers just

Tara Culp-Ressler

The Fighting F--k Toy and Other Disturbing Hollywood Archetypes that Shape Our Perception of Women

Want to have a pervasive effect on the subconscious attitudes of our culture? Get into the entertainment business.

10 min

Disney Princesses Sing for Equal Pay for Women

Disney Princesses believe in equal pay for all humans (and mermaids).

3 min

How To Raise Boys to be Kind Men

What can we do to help young men respect women, recognize consent, and have healthy sexual relationships? Teach them kindness to others—and the courage to go against the crowd. When Max was just a few months old, I sat cross-legged on the floor with him in a circle of...

Kim Simon

The Price of Sex (trailer)

"The Price of Sex" profiles the forgotten Eastern European women who have been drawn into the netherworld of sex trafficking and abuse.

6 min

The Invisible War (2012)

The Invisible War is a groundbreaking investigative documentary about one of America’s most shameful and best kept secrets: the epidemic of rape within the U.S. military. The film, a nominee for the 2013 Academy Awards, paints a startling picture of the extent of the...

97 min

Alice Walker: Beauty in Truth (trailer)

Alice Walker: Beauty In Truth is a feature documentary film which tells the compelling story of an extraordinary woman’s journey from her birth in a paper-thin shack in cotton fields of Putnam County, Georgia to her recognition as a key writer of the 20th Century.

4 min

475 (2013)

Amina Filali is a 16-year old Moroccan girl who committed suicide after being forced to marry her alleged rapist (in accordance with the article 475 of the Moroccan penal code). Her tragic death dominated Moroccan and international media in March 2012. Through this horrifying...

63 min

Sext Up Kids: How Growing Up in a Hyper-Sexualized Culture Hurts Our Kids (2012) (trailer)

The powder keg that is porn culture has exploded in the lives of North American children. From thongs and padded bras for 9-year-old girls to "sexting," 24-7 internet porn, and unfiltered social media, kids today are bombarded with commercial sexual appeals like never before.

3 min

Topless Women in Public Not Breaking the Law, Says NYPD

Ladies of New York , you are free to walk bare-breasted through the city! New York City's 34,000 police officers have been instructed that, should they encounter a woman in public who is shirtless but obeying the law, they should not arrest her. This is a good step towards...

Hannah Ridge

Awra Amba: Utopia in Ethiopia (2010)

Men of quality do not fear equality. A message about equality from Awra Amba, the amazing egalitarian village in Northern Ethiopia, where men and women enjoy equality at home and at work.

28 min

Solar Mamas (2012)

SOLAR MAMAS: Are women better at getting out of poverty than men?

58 min

Beyond Patriarchy: A Libertarian Model of the Family

The Family: Friend or Foe?

Roderick T. Long

Two Spirits (trailer)

Fred Martinez was one of the youngest hate-crime victims in modern history when he was brutally murdered at 16. Two Spirits explores the life and death of a boy who was also a girl, and the essentially spiritual nature of gender

2 min

9 Out of 10 Teenage Girls Haven't Given Up On This Idea. We Shouldn't Either.

While the chips are clearly stacked against today’s young girls, amazing women everywhere continue to rise above the stats. You or someone you know is probably one of them. Sources: Catalyst, The Whit

2 min

Miss Representation (2011)

Miss Representation is a powerful film that exposes damaging, sexist media messages that inhibit young women’s happiness, ambition, and leadership.

90 min

The Business of Being Born (2008) (trailer)

Birth: it's a miracle. A rite of passage. A natural part of life. But more than anything, birth is a business. Compelled to find answers after a disappointing birth experience with her first child, actress Ricki Lake recruits filmmaker Abby Epstein to explore the maternity...

2 min

When Abortion Was Illegal: Untold Stories (1992)

This Academy Award-nominated film features compelling first-person accounts which reveal the physical, legal, and emotional consequences during the era when abortion was a criminal act. Remembrances include those of women who experienced illegal abortions, doctors who risked...

27 min

The Bro Code: How Contemporary Culture Creates Sexist Men (trailer)

In MEF's powerful new release, The Bro Code, filmmaker Thomas Keith takes aim at the forces in male culture that condition boys and men to dehumanize and disrespect women. Keith breaks down a range of contemporary media forms that are saturated with sexism -- movies and music...

7 min

Democratic Womanism: A Poem by Alice Walker

With less than 40 days to go before the 2012 presidential election, poet and activist Alice Walker reads her new poem, "Democratic Womanism," on Democracy Now. Full transcript here:

7 min

Ancient Futures: Learning From Ladakh (1993)

Ladakh, or 'Little Tibet', is a wildly beautiful desert land high in the Western Himalayas. It is a place of few resources and an extreme climate. Yet for more than 1,000 years, it has been home to a thriving culture. Traditions of frugality and cooperation, with an intimate...

59 min

Women and children murdered on the orders of President Obama

Barack Obama has personally ordered mass murder in Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia and beyond, in his policy of illegal and immoral assassination which far outstrips that of the George W Bush administration, and which has slaughtered hundreds of innocent civilians, including many...

5 min

The Codes of Gender (2009) (trailer)

Written and directed by MEF Executive Director Sut Jhally, The Codes of Gender applies the late sociologist Erving Goffman's groundbreaking analysis of advertising to the contemporary commercial landscape, showing how one of American popular culture's most influential forms...

1 min

5 Ways Modern Men Are Trained to Hate Women

If you're not the type to keep up with ugly, soul-killing political controversies, let me catch you up: A while back, hugely popular political commentator Rush Limbaugh lost a bunch of advertisers because he publicly called a college girl a slut and a prostitute after she...

David Wong

Paradise with Side Effects (2004)

A documentary following two women from Ladakh, a remote region in the Himalayas, on a reality tour of London to see what life in the West is really like. The tour, sponsored by Local Futures, exposes the women to aspects of modern urban life - homelessness, old-age homes...

40 min

A Girl Like Me (2005)

A Girl Like Me explores the standards of beauty imposed on today's black girls. The film delves beneath the surface in order to show how such standards affect self-esteem and self-image. This seven-minute film has touched the hearts and minds of viewers’ worldwide and serves...

7 min

The Girl Effect: The Clock is Ticking

The clock is ticking... See how a 12-year-old girl could be the solution the world needs right now.

3 min

Dream Worlds 3: Desire, Sex & Power in Music Video (2007) (trailer)

Examines the stories contemporary music videos tell about girls and women and encourages viewers to consider how these narratives shape individual and cultural attitudes about sexuality. Illustrated with hundreds of up-to-date images Dreamworlds 3 offers a unique and...

5 min

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