“It's something that's really important to make sure this institution actually works for more younger people and new parents,” said Rep. Sara Jacobs, one of the proposal’s co-sponsors.
State actions to deny access to abortion show the same patterns of coercive control that women experience in domestic violence.
While women’s inheritance and property ownership are protected by the Lebanese Constitution, inheritance laws differ based on religion and sect, leaving disputes to religious courts and personal interpretations — and biases — of those laws
Like all crimes, sexual violence must be understood within the broader context in which it occurs.
The recent wave of women-directed documentaries have been drawing impressive viewership numbers and raising awareness.
The nation is expected to make herstory in June when one of two leading women candidates will be elected.
Since the collapse of the Lebanese Pound in 2019, social workers in Beirut say that migrants and Lebanese alike have turned to the sex trade to cope with the increased costs of living.
“The gender reveal is not just about enforcing ‘cis-ness,' but it’s also about enforcing masculinity and femininity based on genitalia, and all of these things that affect us."
For over 20 years, women have suffered under the rule of the Taliban.
I hope all my fellow young women and fems choose to value each other’s humanity instead of the false trophies of womanhood and femininity.
I’m not alone — there seems to be a big movement of women who, thanks to the internet, are discovering what ADHD means for their work and personal lives.
War has been raging for 11 months in Sudan. Amid the horrific wave of violence that has led many people to flee West Darfur, women and girls have described being raped, beaten, detained, and forced to witness the killings of loved ones by groups of armed men.
A new show highlights the work of WSW, which has brought more than 5,000 artists to its campus to work in printmaking, hand papermaking, letterpress printing, photography, book arts, and ceramics.
Between 1996 and 2000, former President Alberto Fujimori oversaw a family planning program under which more than 280,000 women and men were sterilized in Peru — mainly in poor, rural areas. Decades later, victims are still awaiting justice.
Around 70 percent of those killed in Gaza the last few months have been women and children, with two mothers killed every hour, and one child estimated to be killed every 10 minutes, according to UN sources.
Chicana and Puerto Rican women who were in the trenches of historic protests and takeovers speak on the exclusion of their activism.
There is plenty of warranted criticism of the New York Times investigation into sexual violence on October 7, but for all the exposé’s ethical shortcomings, its greatest failure was its lack of consideration for the safety, trauma, and dignified treatment of the victims.
Climate change disproportionately impacts the world’s most vulnerable people, such as the old and the poor. Now, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization has found that there is a large disparity between men and women when it comes to income loss caused by global warming.
In the face of poor enforcement of Title IX protections, students are advocating for themselves when it comes to addressing sexual harm at school, off campus, and online.
“Someone You Know” is a timely new short documentary that follows the stories of three women who underwent late-term abortions.
Here is what some female filmmakers had to say about their Oscar-nominated work for the major categories in the 2024 Academy Awards, which will be held on Sunday.
Intersectionality is more than a concept; it has informed my life as an Asian woman who is also a member of the LGBTQ community.
Two female journalists who have been in jail since reporting on the killing of Zhina (Mahsa) Amini by Iran’s morality police Oct. 2022 have been temporarily released on bail.
Women and girls do three times the amount of unpaid care work and housework than men and boys, according to UN Women. But that’s just the first inequity. There’s another, hidden one, that involves climate change and environmental degradation.
This is the last in a series of interviews with women journalists of color excerpted from the Women’s Media Center’s recently released report, “Women of Color in U.S. News Leadership 2023.”