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Students at the relaunching of a new vending machine at Boston University organized by Students for Reproductive Freedom got access to various types of sexual health resources. Credits: Melissa Clavijo

Boston campus contraception vending machines promise contraceptive access but pose unexpected challenges, reproductive justice advocates say

Melissa Clavijo , Reporter
October 24, 2022
Image credit: EMILYS List

EMILY’s List advocates for a female ticket in Massachusetts

Alyssa Fell, Reporter
October 20, 2022
Stacey Borden and her dog standing near a Building Up People Not Prisons sign in an unfinished room at new Beginnings Reentry Services on April 17, 2021.

Incarcerated women need treatment, not punishment. Stacey Borden knows firsthand.

Ysabelle Kempe, Reporter
July 7, 2021
Women-led forum amplifies voices of female leadership following RBGs passing

Women-led forum amplifies voices of female leadership following RBG’s passing

Nia Beckett, Reporter
September 22, 2020
Changemaker: Love Your Menses breaking the menstruation taboo

Changemaker: “Love Your Menses” breaking the menstruation taboo

Ha Ta, Editor-in-chief
September 15, 2020
Screenshot of the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Programs event titled “Caring for our Most Vulnerable Patients: Women” via Zoom.

Caring for women experiencing homelessness during COVID-19

Mayra Parrilla Guerrero , Reporter
August 25, 2020
Mass NOW members hand out these bags to raise awareness about period poverty.

Coronavirus could sideline important period poverty bill

Ali Dusinberre, Reporter
April 28, 2020
Mehzabin Mitzy Shaikh, owner of Guru the Caterer, serves hearty lunches to customers at the farmers market in Copley Square.

Changemaker: Mehzabin Shaikh, co-owner of restaurant Guru the Caterer

Avantika Panda, Reporter
April 6, 2020
Amanda Rust, a Wikipedia expert and resource librarian at Northeastern University, teaches a group of new Wikipedia editors. / Photo by Katelyn Sahagian

Edit-a-thon adds more female artists to Wikipedia

Katelyn Sahagian, Reporter
March 17, 2020
Boston City Council meeting March 11, 2020, at City Hall.

Boston City Council meeting March 11, 2020

Jordan Erb, Staff Reporter
March 12, 2020
Panelists Lyndall Gordon, Patricia Herzog, Sophie Seita and Crystal Williams discussed the intersection of art and inclusive feminism at Boston Universitys Law School, Feb. 27.

#MeToo or #UsToo? BU panel discusses inclusive feminism

Mayra Parrilla Guerrero and Avantika Panda
March 11, 2020
Photo courtesy of MUAs Facebook page

With Boston’s Latino population on the rise, a 40-year-old nonprofit continues to boost women and girls

May 2, 2019
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