Argentina’s battle for abortion rights reached a new boiling point in March when the country’s president, Alberto Fernández, announced a bill to decriminalize abortion.
Advocates are sounding the alarm about the risks of the new coronavirus spreading inside correctional facilities.
A number of conservative U.S. governors are using coronavirus as an excuse to shut down all abortion services in their states, calling them “non-essential” procedures.
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.
SPECIAL EDITION. Robin on COVID-19 news “inside the headlines.” New Feature: Comfort Zone—practical things you can do, watch, hear, share to make yourself and others feel better. Fighting Words: Trustable sources and resources for facts, not rumors.
We must acknowledge that sexism in U.S. politics poses a pernicious threat to restoring political and social justice.
In Australia, a government-supported initiative that provides “safe phones” to women stuck in violent homes is seeing a serious uptick in requests attributed to the virus, the Thomson Reuters Foundation reported Wednesday.
The question of who will participate in and who will be excluded from the future of work — in times of crisis and the rest — requires a thorough analysis.
These recent works by Black women historians challenge conventional narratives of the history of the United States.
Months after Turkish forces launched an offensive in the Rojava region, which some have likened to genocide, a rise in miscarriages sheds light on the unseen impacts of the occupation.
While necessary to combat the spread of COVID-19, sheltering in place has been shown to exacerbate domestic violence.
Stories about something that is “still” happening don’t get many eyeballs. But there is no way around what is still happening to Syrian women and girls as the conflict enters its 10th year, and the United Nations is sounding the alarm.
Robin on Mexico’s “Day Without Women,” Dubai’s sheik (the father from hell), a newfound teensy-weensy dinosaur, and finding ourselves “In Plague Time.” Guest: Brianna Wu, Gamergate survivor now running for Congress to break up Big Tech monopolies.
Advocates are expressing concern that less than four years after the court ruled that TRAP laws are unconstitutional, it has agreed to revisit the question.
Safe BAE reminded us of the need for change in society, as well as the value of being an advocate for that change.
While countries across the world celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8, dozens of women in Kyrgystan were detained for “violating public order” after coming under attack by masked men.
In the powerful new film "Never Rarely Sometimes Always," a teenager has to cross state lines to seek abortion care.
On February 28, The César Awards, which are essentially the French Oscars, awarded the Best Director honor to Roman Polanski — a man who fled the United States after pleading guilty to the statutory rape of a 13-year-old girl in 1977.
“Believe women” has long been a rallying cry for #MeToo supporters — and a point of attack for the movement’s opponents.
Robin on Super Tuesday, the Taliban-US “Peace Treaty,” NASA’s call for women astronauts, handwashing secrets, “self partnering,” advice to Bloomberg, and space junk. Guest: Sarah Macharia on how you can join the Global Media Monitoring Project.
Nearly 90 percent of people in 75 countries demonstrated at least one bias against equality—with 91 percent of men and 86 percent of women showing bias in one of the four areas studied.
Weinstein and Simmons accusers had an opportunity to speak out at a festival panel and react to Weinstein's conviction.
On Tuesday, the Arizona House banned transgender student athletes from participating on teams that align with their gender identity. All 31 Republican representatives supported the bill, which now moves on to the state Senate.
To this day, feminist zines are still a considerable presence in the zine universe.
The constant denial of women’s intelligence makes sense given how constantly the media celebrates men as geniuses while overlooking women who have done equally impressive work — or even the same work.
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