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The National Review Institute is hosting a webinar this Thursday entitled The Equality Act – A War on Women. Independent Women’s Forum Senior Policy Analyst Inez Stepman joins National Review writers and other experts on the implications of the Equality Act. For more info, please visit their… Read More

IWF hosted a Facebook Live conversation today with Senator Marsha Blackburn and IWF President Carrie Lukas. Watch the replay for a brief discussion on policies jeopardizing women’s progress. Be sure to follow us on social media to get reminders for future events!… Read More

March #IWFReads Book Club featured Helen Pluckrose discussing her best-selling book, Cynical Theories: How Activist Scholarship Made Everything about Race, Gender, and Identity―and Why This Harms Everybody. During the event Helen discussed her main questions: Are you confused by the idea that there is no such thing as biological… Read More

IMMEDIATE RELEASEFebruary 25, 2021 WASHINGTON, D.C.—Independent Women’s Forum (IWF) held a national press call featuring top competitive female athletes, including a 3x Olympian, and federal and state lawmakers who have sponsored legislation to protect female athletes. AUDIO AND TRANSCRIPT FROM THE CALL IS AVAILABLE HERE.  Inga Thompson, a… Read More

Senior Policy Analyst Inez Stepman was invited to speak at a virtual rally opposing the Equality Act, hosted by Family Policy Alliance, alongside Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (MO-04), Senator Mike Lee (UT), and Congresswoman Debbie Lesko (AZ-08), and spokespeople from The Heritage Foundation, Alliance Defending Freedom, Focus on the Family, Family… Read More

In this #IWFReads Author Chat on February 11th, 2021, Kelsey Bolar, senior policy analyst at Independent Women Forum, chatted with Allie Beth Stuckey about her book  You’re Not Enough (And That’s Okay): Escaping the Toxic Culture of Self-Love, a relevant read on the repercussions of falling into the toxic… Read More

Senior Policy Analyst Inez Stepman and Director of the Independent Women’s Law Center, Jennifer Braceras have a discussion with Trent England about the Future of the Electoral College and what it means in terms of the 2020 election. Read More

In our third #IWFReads Author Chat on December 3rd Hadley Manning, Independent Women’s Policy Director, chatted with Sen. Blackburn about her new, The Mind of a Conservative Woman: Seeking the Best for Family and Country. Sen. Blackburn knows a thing or two about this, as Tennessee’s first female senator. Read More

On November 19, Inez Feltscher Stepman of Independent Women’s Forum and Alexandra DeSanctis and Madeleine Kearns of National Review discussed Title IX’s realistic impact on women and college campuses. Read More

Jennifer Braceras, Director of Independent Women’s Law Center moderates a discussion about freedom of speech, the Black Lives Matter movement, and cancel culture with Professors Robert George of Princeton and Cornel West of Harvard. Read More

Sohrab Ahmari, Op-ed Editor at the New York Post, joined Inez Stepman, IWF Senior Policy Analyst, to discuss the Hunter Biden laptop story/tweet that caused Twitter to lock their account for two weeks before the election. The New York Post’s Twitter account was finally restored on Friday. Read More

IWF’s Patrice Onwuka joined the Institute for the American Worker for a virtual panel on “War on Women: How Restricting Independent Contracting Hurts Women and Their Families.” In addition to hearing from Onwuka and other policy experts, hear the real stories from women whose lives and professions have been upended… Read More