One of Donald Trump's first acts as president was to reinstate and expand the global gag rule. This conservative policy hurts people in developing countries that already have to endure systemic obstacles to access health care.

Simone de Beauvoir was 41 years old when her most famous book, The Second Sex, was published in 1949. Over 20,000 copies of the book, which explored the meaning of being a woman, were sold in a matter of days after the book’s publication, and it soon became internationally famous.

When the first Argentinian women’s soccer league launched in 1991, the athletes involved were considered amateur and not paid. Almost 30 years later, they’re still unpaid, but that might soon change:

She proved that women could pursue any career they want, and they should be able to do it without guilt weighing them down. She showed that determination and perseverance aren't just worn-out adjectives, but actual, hard-calloused traits.

Charlie Martin is a British racing driver who was set to become the first trans woman to race as a support race in the world’s oldest sports endurance car racing contest: the 24 Hours of Le Mans, also known as “Grand Prix of Endurance and Efficiency.”

This film takes place in 2006, at the height of over-surveillance of Arab and Muslim communities in a post 9/11 United States and gives viewers a much-needed view into the inner life of a Muslim American teen girl.

According to the BBC, as of 2012, the 62nd year of F1, only five women had ever entered the Grand Prix, the last of whom had competed in the 1990s.

I found that story after story included images of survivors of sexual violence that were gory and denigrating. They often depicted survivors in shredded clothes, fear-stricken eyes, and arms outstretched in appeal.

Nigerian teenage activists Kudirat Abiola, 15, Temitayo Asuni, 15, and Susan Ubogu, 16, created It’s Never Your Fault, a nonprofit organization that takes a stand against child marriage, which is legally allowed to continue due to a loophole in the country’s constitution.

In late February, Judge Miller ruled the male-only selective service draft unconstitutional. Miller’s ruling was a declaratory judgment, which means it does not order the government how exactly to amend the draft to make it constitutional, but it is still significant.

The results of South Africa’s 2019 general election on May 8 were promising for champions of gender equality in politics, but

On June 4, the House Committee on the Judiciary held a hearing on “Threats to Reproductive Rights in America.” 18-year-old Youth Testify leader HK Gray testified at the hearing about the barriers she faced when seeking an abortion in Texas as a minor, including needing a judicial bypass to obtain an abortion.