On May 26, two days before Menstrual Hygiene Day, South Korean lawmaker Jang Hye-yeong announced that she was working to ensure that young women and girls can have free access to menstrual products.
The more I grow intellectually, the more I mourn the loss of young Afghan girls’ potential.
Oftentimes, countries will arrest land defenders on made-up charges that don’t actually have to do with their activism. That is what is happening in Vietnam, where a leading climate activist named Hoang Thi Minh has been imprisoned on false charges of tax evasion.
In the face of the COVID-19 pandemic, Ridwana recognized the urgent need to address menstrual health in her community.
The Inclusion List, a first-of-its-kind resource, ranks creators based on cast and crew inclusion.
In a world plagued by oppressive social norms, pervasive violence, and unjust laws, the plight of women all over the world demands our unwavering attention.
Nike has taken concrete actions to ensure representation and celebrate different cultures.
The news media has little love for women in the prime of their lives
Guyana, at the top of South America, is one of the poorest countries on the continent. It is also particularly vulnerable to rising sea levels, heavy rainfall, and hurricanes since most of the population lives on its coast, which, in some places, can lie as low as 7 feet below sea level.
The United States joins about 80 other countries that have developed national plans; the Biden administration hopes that it will also be used to guide state and local policies.
Extreme heat is hard on the body. It can cause everything from confusion to seizures, let alone serious discomfort. Add a blackout to an ongoing heat wave — so no a/c — and everything gets worse.
The progress Hollywood has made in recent years in behind-the-scenes and on-screen representation could be reversed if the strike is settled unfavorably for writers.
On May 1, Jordan Neely, an unhoused, 30-year-old Black man, was killed by 24-year-old Marine veteran Daniel Penny after Penny placed him in a chokehold.
No matter how I demonstrated my anger about this harassment, no one seemed to understand or take it seriously.
Violet Gatensby, a Tlingit artist from Carcross, in Canada’s Yukon territory, startled a room of delegates from First Nations of the Pacific Coast at an Indigenous leadership summit on Lummi territory in Ferndale, Wash., this past week.
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