Montana state Rep. Zooey Zephyr has recently been thrust into the national spotlight after her Republican colleagues voted to remove her from the floor following comments she made about S.B. 99, one of a wave of anti-trans legislation introduced across the country.
Italian politics are at a fork in the road with women leading the way on either side.
A recent U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention survey is making headlines for its shocking findings on teens’ declining mental health.
In December 2022, Vice News released a report claiming multiple U.K. women had been denied transvaginal ultrasounds (TVUS) because they were virgins.
After allegations surfaced that the school’s girls sports teams were significantly underfunded and undervalued, students claimed Campbell violated Title IX, which prohibits gender discrimination in public schools or any program that receives federal funding.
Florida school districts are receiving nationwide backlash for requiring students to provide records of their menstrual cycle to play sports.
In August, the Spanish congress passed a law that reframes the importance of consent in cases of rape and sexual assault, joining countries like Canada, Sweden, and Denmark with similar laws.
On June 1, Illinois officially repealed its Parental Notice of Abortion Act (PNA), which required the guardians of patients under 18 to be notified at least 48 hours before the patient received an abortion.
At the end of March, the Taliban reversed its decision to open up education to girls above the sixth grade. Students reacted to the news with devastation.
South Korean politics took a right-wing, anti-feminist turn during the presidential election in early March.
Texas State Representative Donna Howard has watched the political tides shift firsthand.
It seems like 2021 brought a ripple of change to this double standard, and 2022 could turn that ripple into a wave.
After the recent high-profile murders of Sarah Everard and Sabina Nessa, there is a growing push in the U.K. to make misogyny a hate crime.
In a 5-4 vote, the Supreme Court refused to block a Texas abortion law that bans abortions after six weeks, including in cases of rape and incest, and allows people to sue both clinics and individuals who help someone get an abortion.
A recent trend in anti-choice activism is rearing its ugly head again.
The movement had, and still has, a gaping blindspot: the influence of Scientology.
Netflix’s new documentary, Operation Varsity Blues: The College Admissions Scandal, offers a glimpse into how fraught the application process is.
One Minneapolis city council member, Andrea Jenkins, told USA Today that the city’s plan was not to spread propaganda, but to establish a more direct line of communication between the government and city residents.
Last month, Utah lawmakers struck down a bill that would have required consent to be taught in sex-education classes.
Earlier this month, Wikimedia, which runs the crowdsourced database Wikipedia, put into effect a global code of conduct aimed at lessening harassment for its underrepresented contributors.
Iran is on the verge of passing a landmark law that will take action to outlaw sexual violence against women.
“Not Done” argues that while many seemed to believe the feminist project was complete, especially in the midst of Obama-era idealism about social progress in America, it was, as the title states, not done.
Mexican investigative journalist Lydia Cacho hosts a new podcast called The Red Note, which breaks down the multiple layers of Juárez’s government and culture that have allowed these killings to continue without justice for victims or their families.
Women have never been more reliant on health care being remote.
Over the past two years, Villaseñor has become a leader in the youth climate movement, joining Greta Thunberg's school strike and founding Earth Uprising.