Soraya Chemaly is an award-winning writer and activist whose work focuses on the role of gender in culture, politics, religion, and media.

She is the Director of the Women's Media Center Speech Project and an advocate for women’s freedom of expression and expanded civic and political engagement.

She is also well known for her book, *Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger *. ^{[1] [5] [0] [3]}

As a writer and media critic, Soraya Chemaly's writing regularly in international media including The Atlantic, The Nation, The Verge, Quartz, Time, Salon, The Guardian and The New Statesman.

She speaks frequently on topics related to inclusivity, freedom of speech, sexual violence, data and technology.

Chemaly is the director of the Women's Media Center Speech Project and organizer of the Safety and Free Speech Coalition, an international civil society network dedicated to expanding women’s civic and political participation.

She currently serves on the national boards of the Women's Media Center and Women, Action and the Media, as well as on the advisory councils of the Center for Democracy and Technology, VIDA, and Common Sense Media.

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As an activist, Chemaly has spear-headed multiple successful campaigns challenging corporations to address online harassment and abuse, restrictive content moderation and censorship, and systemic biases that affect free speech.

^{[1] [3]}Prior to 2010, Chemaly spent more than fifteen years as a market development executive and consultant in the media and data technology industries.

In the early 1990s, after several years at the Gannett, where she was involved in establishing the newspaper industry’s first subscriber and advertisers databases, Chemaly moved into the datatech sector with Claritas Inc. These work experiences give her unique insights into internet data development, leading her to fight vigorously again their abuses.

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On September 11, 2018, Soraya Chemaly published her book, *Rage Becomes Her: The Power of Women's Anger ***through Atria Publishing Group.

The book starts by discussing how women are taught to resist their anger or punished for expressing their anger despite the daily sexism they face.

In Rage Becomes Her, Chemaly then argues that women's anger is not only justified but also an active part of the solution.

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Chemaly has also contributed to books including The Good Mother Myth: Redefining Motherhood to Fit, SLUT: A Play and Guidebook for Combating Sexism and Sexual Violence, Whatever Works: Feminists of Faith Speak, BARE REALITY, Gender, Sex, and Politics: In the Streets and Between the Sheets in the 21st Century.

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In 2013, Soraya won the Association for Education in Journalism and Mass Communication’s (AEJMC)'s Donna Allen Award for Feminist Advocacy and the Secular Woman Feminist Activism Award.

In 2014, she was named one of Elle's 25 Inspiring Women to Follow in social media.

In 2016, Soraya was the recipient of the Women's Institute for Freedom of the Press’s Women and Media Award.

In 2017, she was the co-recipient of the Newhouse Mirror Award for Best Single Feature of 2016 for an in-depth investigative report on free speech and online content moderation, The Secrets of The Internet, and a Wikipedia Distinguished Service Award, for exemplary contributions to the advancement of public knowledge and the collection, development, and dissemination of educational content.

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