What is feminism?

Feminism has no official rule book. No hierarchy or governing body or formal meetings. Feminism is a movement that takes different shapes on the path towards gender equality. It is shaped by people, like you, by women’s rights advocates over many generations, and by the contexts we are living in. In fact, some refer to it as “feminisms.”

Feminism, with its endless evolutions, has one goal: pushing societies towards equality for all women and girls – and in turn, shaping a more equal world for everyone.

Feminism is the belief that everyone, regardless of gender, should have equal rights and opportunities. It really is that simple. For all the different types of feminist theories and practices – for all the different schools of political, economic, and social thought – the grounding principle of feminism is equality. And in today’s intersectional feminism, we mean equality for everyone, regardless of gender identity, sexuality, race, class, or ethnicity.

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