In most present-day Igbo communities, caste ranking is a core concern for both families and couples.
The recent earthquakes in western Afghanistan and ongoing aftershocks have been devastating.
True equality has been and continues to be denied to women. We know because we recently experienced it as participants in the first co-ed Boys and Girls State program.
Chloe Domont’s film is not just a story about terrible people doing terrible things — it’s also a commentary on the danger of abusive work cultures that dehumanize the people in them.
As a 16-year-old teenage girl, it seems that ever since those disgusting revelations were made public, social media pressure hasn’t abated but has, in fact, grown even worse for my friends and me.
Despite early hopes for progress, the report that came out of the gathering mentioned neither LGBTIQ+ people nor the question of the ordination of women.
On Tuesday, officials in Florida’s Miami-Dade County rejected a bill that would have created the first county-level workplace heat protections in the United States. In the face of our ever-increasing climate challenges, such regulations can save lives. But there are few laws in place around the world that protect people who work outdoors, let alone dedicated offices to protection from heat.
A Colombian peace court is opening a new legal case that could bring justice for the first time to thousands of victims of gender-based crimes committed by the FARC and the military during decades of bitter conflict.
The risk of intimate partner violence is consistently higher among women living with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa than among those living without it — even for pregnant women, who are often first informed of their status during prenatal screenings.
Organizations that provide services and information have reported digital suppression of abortion information: “The Fight for Abortion Access Is Moving Online.”
While the world is lagging in its promises to slow global warming, a new report finds that there is not only a problem with meeting goals set by the Paris Agreement, but that there is also major gap — between $194 billion and $366 billion per year — in the finances required to hit important climate targets.
The effects of a series of earthquakes measuring a 6.3 magnitude that hit Afghanistan in early October have been devastating.
In the remote Himalayan village of Pahalgam, Zubaida Begum, a resilient 45-year-old mother of three, faces a daily battle against nature’s capricious wrath. Living in a mountainous place where the elements can be unforgiving, she stands as a beacon of courage, safeguarding her family's survival in the rugged terrain.
Sexual wellness advocates are starting to change conversations and attitudes around sex.
Actor/activist Mariska Hargitay, CNN news anchor Fredricka Whitfield, IndiJ Public Media president/CEO Karen Lincoln Michel, disability rights activist/author Emily Ladau, cultural critic/English professor Koritha Mitchell, and Global Justice Center president Akila Radhakrishnan were honored as “champions for women.”
Not only does Turkey’s recent offensive endanger civilians and critical infrastructure and facilities, but it also threatens the achievements—and very survival—of the women’s revolution that has been taking place there for over a decade.
New York, New York — THE WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER hosted their 2023 WOMEN’S MEDIA AWARDS on October 19th at the Whitby Hotel in New York City. The WMC AWARDS were presented to outstanding leaders and champions for women in media. This year’s WMC 2023 Women’s Media Awards honorees were: Mariska Hargitay, Fredricka Whitfield, Karen Lincoln Michel, Emily Ladau, Koritha Mitchell, and Akila Radhakrishnan.
A year after protests in Iran erupted over a Kurdish woman’s death, initiating the largest uprising against the country’s clerical rule since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, activists continue to fight.
It is critical to encourage high schoolers to study public policy, work for the government, or run for office to improve women’s education, health, and rights.
Robin confronts the Taliban's draconian list of forbidden acts for women. Guests: Asila Wardak and Jessica Neuwirth of the Women's Forum on Afghanistan.
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