International Womens Day

Magazine

Stef Nurding is bridging skate's gender divide

The concrete chameleon — Pro skater and model Stefani Nurding is using her unique set of skills to shake up a male-dominated industry.

Written by: Marianne Eloise

Culture

Meet the TV revolutionaries putting queer women of colour front and centre

Introducing 'Brown Girls' — Fatimah Asghar and Sam Bailey discuss their web series tackling love and friendship in Chicago's artistic and queer communities.

Written by: Marta Bausells

Outdoors

The fierce pioneers of Lebanon's first female roller derby team

Shiny Tiny — Roller derby has made its way to Beirut and slammed down with an intentional thud. These women aren’t just pioneers: they’re the architects of a new future.

Written by: Jessica Holland

Activism

Five ways to promote gender equality in everyday life

How to talk to girls — A week on from the Women’s Marches across the globe, here are five things you can do every day for the rest of your life to promote gender equality.

Written by: Naomi Westland

Magazine

Iceland's female hip-hop collective is changing the game

Daughters of Reykjavik — With songs about slut-shaming and body positivity, Iceland's punkest hip-hop crew are finally putting the country's female rappers on the map.

Written by: Katy Beth Young

Film

The Saudi women challenging sexism with skateboarding and song

‘God rid us of men’ — A viral music video calls for gender equality and ridicules the absurd restrictions and male domination of women in the Middle East.

Written by: Alex King

Photography

Inside the Indian community where women make all the rules

Kingdom of girls — Photographer Karolin Klüppel immersed herself in the lives of young girls from the Khasi indigenous people, a society in north-east India where women and girls run the show.

Written by: Alex King

Culture

The young women activists leading Standing Rock to victory

Major Win for #NODAPL — The indigenous activists of Standing Rock, North Dakota, won a major victory on Sunday in their battle to halt the Dakota Access Pipeline. In an unprecedented move, the Department of the Army - under Obama's watch - said it would block construction below the Missouri River at Lake Oahe and force stakeholders to look for alternative routes. It's an enormous breakthrough. But it wasn't easy - and the decision could still be overturned under Trump. So, what does it take to push a movement to this point? Huck met the activists holding fort at Standing Rock as they buckled down for winter and the hope of victory was still a distant dream. This is their story.

Written by: Jessica Holland

Reportage

The street racing Palestinian women refusing to slow down

I can breathe — In the close confines of Palestinian life, a nascent street-racing scene is hurtling up and taking root. For one of the women sat behind the wheel, freedom is what happens when you refuse to slow down.

Written by: Polly Fields

Photography

Capturing the power and strength of African women

Proud Women of Africa — Proud Women of Africa is a photo project by Julia Gunther that tells stories about the daily lives of remarkable women living or working in Africa.

Written by: Michael Segalov

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