In 2004, frustrated that women were excluded from earlier marches, five women’s rights organization announced a national march for reproductive rights.

On March 20, 2003, the US invaded Iraq.

In 2001, attacks on the Twin Towers by Al-Qaeda and Osama Bin Laden. The creation of the Department of Homeland Security and funding + infrastructure for the War on Terror.

In the 2000s, the second Palestinian Intifada erupts. Israel begins building separation wall. Hamas elected in Gaza. Blockade imposed in 2007.

In 1997, after years of discussion, a multiracial coalition of 16 groups representing Native American, African American, Latina, and Asian Pacific Islander American communities come together to create the SisterSong Women of Color Reproductive Health Collective.

In 1994, Women of African Descent for Reproductive Justice launched the Reproductive Justice framework. This historic full-page statement was published in The Washington Post with 800+ signatures.

In 1993, the first Oslo Accords signed, establishing the Palestinian Authority and framework for interim self-government.

In 1992, Katrina Heaslip travels to Washington, DC for a demonstration organized by the AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power (ACT UP). She brings national attention for HIV-positive women.

Gender based war crimes and sexual violence used in Somalia and neighboring regions.

In 1991, Indian occupying forces committ mass rape in Kunan Poshpora against Kashmiri women and girls. Thirty years after, the survivors have not received justice.

In 1985, Asian and Pacific Islander organizers host “Break the Silence,” to talk about domestic abuse as a common form of violence.

In 1984, Iran passed the national birth control policy, endorsing family planning through media and at Friday prayers (jummah).

In 1983,  a group of gay men living with AIDS publish the Denver Principles at the National AIDS Forum, asserting their rights.

In the 1980s, immigrants from Northern Sudan arrive as students, mostly young bachelors.

Grandmother passed away in her thirties when my mother was 2 due to the doctor's error during the delivery of my mother's youngest sister.

Gaddafi incarcerates my grandfather.

The Iranian Revolution also known as the 1979 Revolution, or the Islamic Revolution, was a series of events that culminated in the overthrow of the Pahlavi dynasty in 1979. This led to a restriction of women’s rights.

In 1978, Louise Brown is the first successful birth resulting from In vitro fertilization.

In 1977, a pivotal document in the history of contemporary Black feminist thought dedicated to confronting racism, sexism, classism, and oppression

1970s to 1980s, rise of Palestinian nationalist movements like the PLO and Fatah. Israel begins establishing settlements in occupied lands.