2024 Wrapped: 17 Wins Worth Celebrating From a Challenging Year For Equality

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2024 saw rollbacks in equity initiatives, a renewed normalization of toxic misogyny, and more. It was a challenging year in the fight for gender justice. Even in the face of these setbacks, there were some wins worth celebrating. From hard fought milestones to groundbreaking moments, we’ve compiled a list of feminist wins that give us hope and fuel for our continued work.

  1. France enshrined the right to abortion in its constitution.
  2. Cherelle Parker was inaugurated as the 100th mayor of Philadelphia, making history as the first woman to serve in the position.
  3. Lily Gladstone became the first Indigenous person to win Best Actress at the Golden Globes.
  4. For the first time in Oscars history, three of the ten Best Picture nominees were directed by women.
  5. Kiyoko Shibuya became the third woman to win an Oscar for Best Visual Effects.
  6. Olivia Rodrigo raised money for abortion funds and brought attention to the reproductive justice movement while on her GUTs World Tour.
  7. Girls’ wrestling became the fastest-growing high school sport in the U.S, with the number of high school girls’ wrestling teams quadrupling nationally over the past decade.
  8. Liza Colón-Zayas won the Emmy for Best Supporting Actress in a Comedy, becoming the first Latina to do so.
  9. Simone Biles became the only gymnast to win 9 U.S. all-around titles.
  10. A record number of LGBTQ+ and women athletes competed in the 2024 Paris Olympics and at the Paralympics Sarah Adam made history as the first woman on the U.S. Paralympic wheelchair rugby team.
  11. FIFA updated maternity, adoption, and family leave protocols to better support players and coaches.
  12. Claudia Sheinbaum was sworn in as Mexico’s first woman president.
  13. The Seattle Kraken’s Jessica Campbell became the first woman to coach an NHL game.
  14. The Dad Shift led a viral campaign calling for better paternal leave policies in the UK.
  15. Ne’Kiya Jackson and Calcea Johnson published 10 trigonometry-based proofs of the Pythagorean theorem.
  16. Delaware’s Sarah McBride became the first transgender person elected to Congress.
  17. Vice-President Kamala Harris became the first woman of color to be nominated for U.S. President by a major political party.

Take Action! Find inspiration, fuel, and hope in these accomplishments and milestones as you head further into this new year.