As we approach 2023, you might think about final end-of-year gifts to organizations that positively impact our global community. If you are still looking for an organization to support, check out (and share!) these five suggestions.

Last week in Iran, a young, twenty-two-year-old woman named Mahsa Amini died after being taken into custody for wearing attire that did not fit the repressive standards imposed by the morality police in Tehran. As protests flood the nation and Iranian women demand justice and equity, what can we do to support them? And, how can non-Muslim women be a better support system for Muslim women?

In a 5-4 decision published late last month, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, holding that pregnant people in the U.S. no longer have a constitutional right to an abortion. In the short time since this historic ruling, Americans have wondered how this may impact the U.S.'s surprisingly abysmal maternal healthcare system. On their website for the U.S., Every Mother Counts notes that "today, a woman is twice as likely to die from complications of pregnancy and birth than her mother was a generation ago." We do not have to look to past generations to see what may occur in the U.S. in the absence of Roe's protections. Instead, we can look at Poland today to see what has happened in the year since the country banned abortions in nearly all circumstances.

When the world met track star Sha'Carri Richardson during Olympic 2021 trials this month, there was no mistake: she will be a legend. Women across the country cheered when she said, "I just want the world to know that I'm that girl." With access and equity issues from youth to professional sports for girls and women, how can we ensure that the next generation has an even playing field?

The U.S. Department of State's annual International Women of Courage (IWOC) Award honors women who have "demonstrated exceptional courage and leadership" when advocating for democracy, justice, and human rights. At the ceremony in March, seven women from Afghanistan,* who were killed in 2020, were recognized posthumously. Who is killing women in Afghanistan? Will the U.S. and NATO's exit impact women and girls? How can we help?

Twenty-five years ago today, Hillary Rodham Clinton was center stage at the United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing to stand tall for women’s rights and let the world know that “women’s rights are human rights and human rights are women's rights.”