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Roe v. Wade is at risk: what that means for Oregon

A conversation with NARAL Pro-Choice Oregon’s Grayson Dempsey After a recent string of right-wing rulings from the U.S. Supreme Court was followed by swing-voter Justice Anthony Kennedy’s retirement announcement, the stability of Roe v. Wade and the futur ...

6 Jul 2018 - Emily Green
These Buddhist nuns empower girls – with kung fu

In addition to their humanitarian work, they teach women and girls self-defense and that 'they can be as strong and as powerful as a man' Nuns from the Himalayan Drukpa lineage of Tibetan Buddhism go into communities to teach women and girls how ...

9 Mar 2018 - Tony Inglis
Meet Tarana Burke, the woman behind 'Me Too'

She launched the movement more than 10 years ago to support black girls. Today, she fears the hashtag could alienate marginalized groups. A recurring question Tarana Burke is asked by men is: “Can you teach me how I can do better?” “‘Do I have to teach yo ...

9 Feb 2018 - Sandra Pandevski
Education, not condemnation, say women who survived violence

A U.N. campaign to raise awareness and combat gender-based violence will culminate Dec. 10, Human Rights Day Sally Mboumien remembers the day she pressed a steaming hot stone against her chest. In Bawock, the rural community of western Cameroon where she ...

1 Dec 2017 - Stella Paul
Vulva Art Project aims to end body shame

Photographer Arkady Brown wants to heal, empower and break the stigma – with pictures Arkady Brown, a fine-art boudoir photographer, has set out to create a project that rejects body shame and encourages women to love and know about their bodies – especia ...

1 Sep 2017 - Sarah Hansell
What will it take to achieve economic gender equality?

COMMENTARY | 65 other countries do better at paying women equally with men doing similar work The first International Women’s Day, March 8, pushed for women’s right to vote, as well as rights to work, vocational training and discrimination-free workplaces ...

2 Mar 2017 - Mary King
Gretchen Kafoury’s legacy one of action, change

Gretchen Kafoury passed away of natural causes on Friday, March 13 at the age of 72. Like others, Street Roots was sad to hear the news, and overcome with emotion to not only honor, but to carry on her work. To say that Oregon lost a great leader seems in ...

19 Mar 2015 - SR editorial board
Jensine Larsen and the heart of a universal pulse

Jensine Larsen, CEO and founder of World Pulse, will tell you that she is innately shy. And to listen to the soft timbre of her voice when she speaks, you might believe her. But listen for a minute. There is nothing shy about Jensine Larsen. In fact, she ...

6 Oct 2014 - Suzanne Zalokar
The healing journey between victim and survivor

What I am about to share is unfortunately not a new or unique story. It is among millions and millions of stories, told and untold, by survivors of sexual assault, abuse, and harassment. That very fact fills me with indignation, not just as a person who i ...

2 Jul 2014 - Grace Badik
Women’s health care rights remain a cause to defend

In this edition of Street Roots Judith Arcana reminds us of how far we have come, and much we have to lose should we forget. She was there when women’s health care and reproductive rights emerged from the shadows to become a medical and social standard. A ...

18 Jul 2013 - SR editorial board