When it comes to reproductive rights, the United States is flunking. A report card from the nonprofit, Washington-based Population Institute has given the U.S. an F for the first time in the eight years it has graded the country’s record.
The new film by Céline Sciamma places equality at the center of a love story.
Plenty of research has established that there are major gender imbalances in male-dominated careers that make it hard for women to break into those fields. What is often less discussed, however, is men's underrepresentation in professions dominated by women, like healthcare, early education, and domestic (HEED) roles.
WanaData Africa is a pan-African network of almost 100 female journalists and data experts.
While Venezuela reels from its ongoing political and humanitarian crises, attacks against members of the press, and particularly women journalists, have become especially acute.
A young Tunisian YouTuber decided to tackle this topic, which is largely taboo in the nation, in a video entitled "Mekch Rajel,” which means "you’re not a man" in the Tunisian dialect.
Now that the UK has officially left the EU, the government has decided to overhaul its immigration system, and women are about to become the big losers in the process.
Despite citing scientific evidence, no sooner had my tweet gone live than a legion of angry twitter users, mostly men, came baying for my blood.
As of Monday, women will be afforded equal rights to men who serve, in that they can finally receive equal pay and benefits, achieve command positions, and make the army their career—rather than being forced out after 10 to 14 years.
Although media attention to the problem has waned, the harsh reality is that between 64,000 and 75,000 Black women and girls are currently missing in the U.S.
On Monday, January 27th, Tunisia lost one of its most prominent feminist activists: Lina ben Mhenni died at the age of 36 after a long battle with lupus, a chronic systemic autoimmune disease she was diagnosed with at 11 years old.
A shocking new report from Women for Refugee Women, a UK-based nonprofit, says one-third of women they interviewed who had been raped or sexually assaulted in their home countries have faced further rape or sexual abuse while destitute in the UK.
Consent, or usually lack thereof, is probably most frequently referenced in our society in cases of sexual assault. However, we must learn how to use consent as a tool in every relationship to identify problematic behaviors in any relationship in which there are different levels of power.
The report discovered that scripted crime television shows, which millions of viewers tune into on a regular basis, depict a false narrative about the unchecked heroism of law enforcement.
Some large art museums are starting to address the glaring underrepresentation of women artists and artists of color.
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