Black Enterprise: BLK Launches ‘Free Your Crown’ Campaign In Celebration Of Black Women And Natural Hair
The campaign encourages Black women to show off their natural hair in any setting. BLK wants you to “Free Your Crown” in an innovative campaign to celebrate Black women and natural hairstyles. The ...
BLK Launches ‘Free Your Crown’ Campaign In Celebration Of Black Women And Natural Hair
The Grio: This National CROWN Day, Black women are loving their natural hair — and now there’s data to prove it
On , the first CROWN Act legislation was signed in California to “Create a Respectful and Open World for Natural Hair.” Now, six years later, on National Crown Day, Black women around the ...
This National CROWN Day, Black women are loving their natural hair — and now there’s data to prove it
KGW on MSN: 'Hair tells a story': Portland's HairSpiracy hosts 'The Hair Collection' celebrating Black hair as art and culture
'Hair tells a story': Portland's HairSpiracy hosts 'The Hair Collection' celebrating Black hair as art and culture
Essence: The Best Dimensional Hair Color Trends For Black Women In 2026
The CROWN Act was a huge achievement for the adoption of natural Black hairstyles. Regardless, Black women's hair is still called into question.
CNN: ‘What Black hair product is safe?’ Lead and carcinogens are found in hair extensions used by Black women
Almost every Black woman or girl has, at some point, purchased hair extensions for box braids, boho braids, twists or faux locs. For many Black women, these “protective styles” are worn year-round to ...
‘What Black hair product is safe?’ Lead and carcinogens are found in hair extensions used by Black women
Yahoo: 'Hair tells a story': Portland's HairSpiracy hosts 'The Hair Collection' celebrating Black hair as art and culture
Black hairstyles dominate social media feeds one week and disappear the next, leaving behind questions about cultural appropriation, erasure and who profits from creativity. This cycle of viral fame ...
Portland's HairSpiracy is back April 4 with a new celebration of Black hair as art, bringing live artistry, education and community together.
We’re kicking off our Black History Month special today featuring a Chicagoan who is using her art to help inspire people to embrace their natural hair. Tyler Clark is an O.G, 3D hair artist who ...
A woman's afro broke a world record — and she's now using the honor to speak about the importance of celebrating natural hair. Jessica L. Martinez was recently awarded the Guinness World Record for ...
When Hanna Steigman was growing up in Central Oregon, her white adoptive mother did everything she could to learn how to care for her Black daughter's hair — asking questions, seeking out resources ...
The latest in a decades-old movement among those in the Black community to embrace natural hair reached the halls of state government last month when the House of Representatives passed its version of ...
KVUE: KVUE Profiles: Getting to the root of hair's significance in Black culture
AUSTIN, Texas — As part of KVUE's continuing celebration of Black History Month, we met up with several Austin stylists to explore the significance of hair in Black culture. “If you have to ask why ...
KVUE Profiles: Getting to the root of hair's significance in Black culture
Business Insider: Natural-hair care is getting a boost from AI as Black-owned beauty-tech companies harness personalized data to better serve customers
Natural-hair care is getting a boost from AI as Black-owned beauty-tech companies harness personalized data to better serve customers
Philadelphia Tribune: Black women say dating apps like Hinge are biased. Now some are testing it.
Black women say dating apps like Hinge are biased. Now some are testing it.
During my first year in corporate, I was taken aback when my coworker made an off-hand comment. He mentioned that my many different hairstyles would require him to keep a calendar in order to ...
Advancing women’s health is fundamental to achieving universal health coverage, health equity and gender equality. Health underpins women’s quality of life and enables the realization of other human rights, supporting women’s full participation in social, economic and political life.
Our work Promoting women’s human rights and achieving gender equality are core commitments of the UN Human Rights Office. We promote women and girls’ equal enjoyment of all human rights, including freedom from violence, sexual and reproductive rights, access to justice, socio-economic equality, and participation in decision-making.
We envision a world in which systems of oppression and harm are dismantled, and women and girls regardless of race, ethnic origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, socioeconomic ...
“Her Rights, Our Future, Right Now” is the theme chosen by UN Human Rights to celebrate International Women’s Day 2025. Progress on women’s rights and gender equality, driven by powerful feminist movements and women’s rights activists across the globe, have profoundly transformed our societies, making them fairer, more resilient and peaceful. Gender equality lies at the core of all ...
A UN Human Rights report highlights widespread gender-based violence, poor health provisions, and discriminatory legal systems disproportionately affecting women and girls in criminal justice detention worldwide.
Moreover, many women, including transgender, gender diverse and intersex women, face compounded forms of discrimination—due to factors such as their age, race, ethnicity, disability, or socio-economic status—in addition to gender-based discrimination.
Gender refers to the characteristics of women, men, girls and boys that are socially constructed. This includes norms, behaviours and roles associated with being a woman, man, girl or boy, as well as relationships with each other. As a social construct, gender varies from society to society and can change over time. Gender is hierarchical and produces inequalities that intersect with other ...
Violence against women remains one of the world’s most persistent and under-addressed human rights crises, with very little progress in two decades, according to a landmark report released today by the World Health Organization (WHO) and UN partners.
GENEVA – A group of independent human rights experts* today strongly condemned the widespread and systematic violations committed against women and girls in Sudan, including conflict-related sexual violence, abductions, and killings, many of which have been attributed to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).“We are deeply troubled by the harrowing reports of sexual violence, abductions, and ...