We are currently in Alabama with the We Belong Together delegation of activists and thought leaders who are working to protect and promote the rights of immigrant women. Read more about our trip here and a statement from the ground below: — WE BELONG TOGETHER WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS DELEGATION STATEMENT Together, we are a diverse [...]

March 22, 2012 by crissy spivey | Tags: #womentogether, Alabama, b-listed, breakthrough, immigration, Mallika Dutt, We Belong Together, Women, women's rights | Comments Off

We’re tipping our hats —- or really, our mortarboards —- to Breakthrough president and CEO Mallika Dutt, who will receive an honorary doctorate at Mount Holyoke College’s 175th commencement this May. Mallika —- a Mount Holyoke alumna —- shares this honor with an extraordinary group of earlier MHC honorees of pioneering human rights defenders, including [...]

March 16, 2012 by crissy spivey | Tags: breakthrough, homepage, human rights, Mallika Dutt, Maya Angelou, Mount Holyoke, Rosa Parks, Women | Comments Off

Women and girls matter!  As part of the series of discussions “Women and Girls Matter: A series of discussions” for Media that Matters, please join our president, Mallika Dutt on panel: “Throwing Open the House: What’s Next for Women and Girls in Film and New Media?” They will evaluate the shifting landscape and explore solutions to [...]

October 26, 2011 by crissy spivey | Tags: breakthrough, filmmaking, girls, human rights, Mallika Dutt, media that matters, Women | Comments Off

Games, it turns out, imitate life — sometimes eerily so — just as history so often threatens to repeat itself. This week, Breakthrough‘s ongoing Facebook gaming event, America 2049, tackles two major issues that become linked within the narrative of the game: interracial unions and abortion. During gameplay, players encounter the story of Bonnie, a [...]

May 10, 2011 by Pulkit | Tags: abortion, America 2049, b-listed, breakthrough, Center for Reproductive Rights, culture shockers, education, Facebook, H.R.3, human rights, interracial marriage, interracial union, Loving Day, Ms. Magazine, Nancy Keenan, Nancy Northup, NARAL Pro-Choice America, Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health, PRCH, Public Policy Polling, Racism, Restore Fairness, The Loving Story, violence against women, Women, women's rights | Comments Off

Breakthrough is proud to be a Community Partner for the New York Indian Film Festival. This post was originally written by Pulkit Datta for The NRI, who is also the Media Assistant with Breakthrough. New York’s oldest Indian film festival – previously known as the MIAAC Film Festival – is entering its 11th year with [...]

May 4, 2011 by Pulkit | Tags: b-listed, Bhopali, breakthrough, breakthrough beat, film, Harud, human rights, IAAC, immigrant, immigration, New York City, New York Indian Film Festival, NYIFF, NYWIFT, Semshook, Whistling Woods, Women, women's rights | Comments Off

Around 2 a.m. on Sunday, April 10, several neighbors along Clinton Street in the Lower East Side (Manhattan) heard Sarah Coit’s incessant screams. The screaming lasted for around 20 minutes, yet no one was able to figure out where it was coming from. Less than half an hour later, a man named Raul Barrera showed [...]

April 15, 2011 by Pulkit | Tags: America 2049, b-listed, breakthrough, culture shockers, Domestic Violence, human rights, New York City, RAINN, sexual abuse, sexual assault, sexual assault awareness month, sexual violence, Take Back the Night, violence against women, Women, women's rights | Comments Off

It’s back to school time, and we have an assignment for you: In just three easy steps you can help us win $20,000. Please VOTE for Breakthrough’s film, Thirst for Change: Women in Karnataka stand up for their rights. It has been shortlisted for the Link TV ViewChange Film Contest. 1. Register for Link TV [...]

September 10, 2010 by crissy spivey | Tags: b-listed, breakthrough, breakthrough beat, human rights, india, Karnataka, Link TV, Rights, ViewChange Film Contest, water, Women | Comments Off

Have you ever wondered how you can get involved in the filmmaking side of the  work we do to promote women’s rights? Well this month, you can show us your support by becoming a YouTube video volunteer and making a short film about just that! When we told you about this awesome program earlier this [...]

May 11, 2010 by ishita | Tags: b-listed, breakthrough, Diane von Furstenberg, Dr. Phil, homepage, mother's day, non-profits, upliftment of women, Vital Voices, Women, women's rights, You Tube, You Tube Video Volunteers | Comments Off

We’ve been fans of The Girl Effect for some time now. Just go to their site and click, “disagree.” They make absolute sense.  See – they show how communities benefit when women are educated because these women statistically having less children and are more likely to educate their children. And on average, women reinvest 90 percent [...]

February 24, 2010 by Stefani | Tags: b-activists, b-listed, breakthrough, education, girls, HIV/AIDS, poverty, The Girl Effect, Women | Comments Off

Last week, there was a fierce performance reading of Eve Ensler’s newest work: I Am an Emotional Creature: The Secret Life of Girls Around the World (published by Random House, February 9, 2010). Students in New York City read and performed monologues inspired by the stories of girls from around the globe – stories of [...]

February 12, 2010 by nikki | Tags: Add new tag, b-activists, b-listed, Domestic Violence, Eve Ensler, Feminism, New York City, v-day, v-girls, Women, women's rights, youth | Comments Off