As the economy continued to tank amid the coronavirus pandemic, job losses rose to more than 700,000 in the month of March—and women were disproportionately affected.

Even with a zillion variations of “lockdown” and other measures being taken around the world to contain the spread of coronavirus, Panama has managed to find its own unique way of doing things.

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.

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.

These recent works by Black women historians challenge conventional narratives of the history of the United States.

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 10^th year, and the United Nations is sounding the alarm.

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.

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.

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.

In the UK, toilet paper is considered a “necessity,” unlike tampons, which are taxed like a luxury item.