Women’s eNews was created in 2000 by founding editor Rita Henley Jensen. Formerly a program of the NOW Legal Defense Fund, the project was an opportunity for women to fully participate in civil society. After 9/11 the program's focus on the Defense Fund shifted into its core programs, and Henley Jensen formed Women’s eNews as an independent news service on January 1, 2002. Shortly thereafter, the Fund for the City of New York became the organization's fiscal agent and provided necessary oversight to the fledgling project. With subscribers totaling over 20,000, and daily readers averaging up to 3 million, Women’s eNews composes a unique niche of web news. Women’s eNews is internationally and nationally acclaimed as a source of information for notable news organizations like the International Herald Tribune, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times, Chicago Tribune and Internet and TV news providers like MSNBC and the BBC.

The Sister Fund supported  theWomen's eNews "Change from Within" project. Change from Within is a series of compositions detailing the desires of feminists to change religious institutions. Change from Within was born out of essays on feminism and religion representing the Christian, Jewish and Muslim traditions. The central question addressed by each writer was: What do religion and secular feminism have in common? After the publication of these pieces and a wide range of responses from the public, the staff of Women’s eNews bought stock. The pieces initiated the realization that the world is made up of women from a variety of religious belief systems whose daily lives are shaped by those beliefs. Examples of the role religion plays in women’s lives were revealed around the world. For instance, the restrictions on women’s health options at Catholic-owned hospitals sorely affected women’s choices for care. The essays exposed this injustice and many similar to it. With this knowledge, Women’s eNews realized how this relationship could be a step in the direction of reforming these specific religious institutions.