1970: The Vancouver to Ottawa Abortion Caravan In 1970 a group of Feminist embarked on a caravan tour from Vancouver to Ottawa to protest the lack of rights to access to abortion in Canada.
1984: Ogharefe Women Blockade Pan Ocean Oil In their struggle with the global oil giant Pan Ocean Oil the women of the Ogharefe used blockades and a traditional African custom to force the…
1996-7: Philadelphians campaign against welfare cuts In 1996 state and federal welfare reforms threatened to leave hundreds of thousands of poor and unemployed under threat. A coalition of…
1975-83: Maori New Zealanders Occupy Golf Course in Struggle for Tribal Lands In the 70's Maori groups began a series of occupations to reclaim their tribal lands. The occupation…
1970: Feminist Sit in at Ladies Home Journal An account of a sit in by several feminist groups at the Ladies Home Journal, a popular women's magazine, that was staffed almost entirely by men…
1992-96: Asian Immigrant Garment Workers Protests An account of the struggle of mostly immigrant Asian garment workers for work compensation and improvements in conditions.
2007-8: Saudi Women Fight for Right to Drive An account of a struggle for greater freedom and rights for women in Saudi Arabia.
1600: Iroquois Women Gain Power to Veto War Account of the struggle of Iroquois women to stop frequent tribal conflict, by refusing sex and agricultural cultivation.
1997-98: Senegalese Mothers End Female Circumcision In 1997 a group of mothers from the village of Malicounda Bambara and an Imam worked to end the practice of Female Genital Cutting (FGC) in their…
2011: Syrian Women Blockade Highway In the early days of the protests in Syria 2011 the women and children of the village of Bayda responded to the mass arrest of the men of the…
1968: Ford Female Employees Win Strike for Equal Pay in Dagenham In 1968 women who worked for the Ford plant in Dagenham discovered their pay was significantly less…
1919: Costa Rican Women Teachers Defy Dictator The attacks on education and educators by the Tinoco dictatorship in Costa Rica led to an opposition movement led by female students and teachers…