According to Quartz, any woman under the age of 45 seeking a hajj visa must travel with a mahram, or a male guardian, usually someone related to the woman by blood.

Nurses, nursing home employees, domestic workers, and caregivers have long been industries dominated by women, who have long been underpaid.

More must be done to ensure that the most intimate yet essential needs of women and young girls around the world are met during this crisis.

Johnson not only calculated the trajectory for America’s first space trip with astronaut Alan Shepard and the calculations for the first moon landing in 1969 but also overcame racism and sexism throughout her career.

We must acknowledge that sexism in U.S. politics poses a pernicious threat to restoring political and social justice.

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.

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.

While, according to a 2019 survey, 46% of American gamers are women, the games they play don’t reflect their experiences at the same rate.

Actress Jo Martin will be the first black Doctor, and the second woman, in the series’ history.

This month, Kotex has initiated a new ad campaign that uses red fluid to simulate menstrual blood.

Bryant’s athletic prowess does not entitle him to the cultural benefit of the doubt, placing his protection over that of his alleged victim.

Among the flagrantly gendered phrases mentioned — including “ballbuster,” “nurturing,” and “bitchy” — one seemingly positive term stood out: “badass.”

2019 was a banner year for women in the entertainment industry. But female filmmakers are still unable to break the “celluloid ceiling.”

Feminists have long linked oppressive gender dynamics to industrialized animal agriculture, noting that female animals and their reproductive organs are exploited for profit, under intensely inhumane conditions.

No women were nominated in the category of Best Director at the Golden Globes even though there were more women-directed top-grossing movies in 2019 than in any year before.

The brand’s thinly veiled attempt to pivot to a “by her, for her” image after intense criticism and declining sales is unlikely to work.

There is nothing I love more than spending a night out dancing with my friends. What I would love even more is if that night out could be simple and carefree. Instead, I’m forced to be hyper-vigilant, watching my and my friends’ drinks and fighting off men who take any and every opportunity to grope and forcefully dance with us.

Everybody loves Disney. The only problem is that Disney didn’t use to love everybody — but now, they’re addressing that with a new disclaimer on the streaming service.

While it is important that activists hold people who use their privilege to abuse others accountable, whether that’s through physical actions or offensive “jokes,” some also argue that cancel culture does not give people any room to learn from making mistakes.

As part of a new revolution, South African women are making efforts to rewrite parts of our history in a way that is reflective, inclusive, and honest about the contributions the likes of Madikizela-Mandela have made during the struggle.

In 2012, around 800 women and 500 children in northern Ghana were estimated to be banished to and kept in 10 known “witch camps” for this very purpose.

While marching in Downtown LA as part of the city’s Climate Strike, I looked around and realized that many of the signs the protesters around me carried, and those that were affixed to surrounding booths run by progressive climate change organizations, were sexist.

Women, mostly, are not encouraged in society to share their opinion. In 2012, the Columbia Journalism Review published an article in which they revealed that women only wrote 20 percent of op-eds in the nation’s leading newspapers.

There has never been a female winner of Formula 1 (F1) racing — the most prestigious category in the motorsport. But 13-year-old Juju Noda wants to change that.

We debate the meaning of the Second Amendment endlessly, but rarely stop to interrogate how and why the people who decide to kill dozens of people have also demonstrated that they hate women.