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Wall Street Journal reporter Sabrina Siddiqui asks a question of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi during a joint press conference alongside U.S President Joe Biden at the White House on June 22, 2023. (Anna Moneymaker / Getty Images)

BY MAX FALLON-GOODWIN | Last year, 12 women journalists were murdered, and the number of women journalists imprisoned rose by 64 percent. By continuing to award courageous journalists, the International Women’s Media Foundation is making it known that the threat of violence against women reporters is ever-present. Still, it also is a testament to the unwavering spirit of women journalists globally. 

Over the next several months, Ms. and IWMF will collaborate monthly to highlight the works of these journalists, all of whom are nominees or winners of the Courage in Journalism award.

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Black women continue to face a wage gap of 67 cents compared to non-Hispanic white men for full-time, year-round work. (Carlos Barquero / Getty Images)

BY EQUAL RIGHTS ADVOCATES | Black Women’s Equal Pay Day is being observed on Thursday, July 27, this year—meaning it takes Black women seven months to earn what white men made in 2021 alone.

Inequities in pay only exacerbate the compounding oppression of being both Black and a woman in this country. Gender justice must be married to racial justice in order for there to ever be a semblance of equal pay.

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Clockwise from top left: Shaunette Renée Wilson in Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny; Margot Robbie in Barbie; Halle Bailey in Little Mermaid; and Cillian Murphy in Oppenheimer.

BY JANELL HOBSON | Despite our collective love for larger-than-life motion pictures, I must lament the dearth of images of Black women in heroic, star-turning roles.

But in Barbieland, a topsy-turvy world where women run things—in contrast to the “real world” of patriarchy—we can imagine women in every possible role. Let’s hope Barbie’s commercial success encourages more support for films that feature diverse women as big-screen heroes. There are so many more stories to be told.

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