After a surge of bans this year, abortion providers and advocates are expanding coalitions to widen the network of support for rights and access.
Despite being a majority of ballet audience and donors, women are being denied opportunities in the field.
Before Stonewall, lesbians were all but invisible in media. Fifty years of activism and advocacy have made a remarkable impact.
Pro-choice religious leaders are an increasingly visible component of the growing movement fighting back against extreme abortion bans.
The new research, by Building Movement Project, finds systemic barriers to leadership roles at nonprofits and calls for organizations to address bias.
A groundbreaking poll finds that women of color voters have deep concerns about the state of the U.S. — and are determined to use their power for change.
The 30-year rule of Sudan’s president Omar Hassan al-Bashir was ended on Thursday when the military announced it had finally unseated their leader, who governed with an iron fist and is wanted on charges of genocide.
Without passing any major anti-choice legislation, the Trump administration has managed to curtail access to reproductive health care by radically altering federal policies.
The filmmakers hope that the documentary, a devastating portrayal of rape culture, will be used to fuel change.
Populist nationalist political leaders have been increasingly rising to power in recent years all over the world — from Bolsonaro in Brazil to the success of the Vote Leave campaign in the UK to President Trump. Now a group of female leaders has banded together to warn the world about how this growing embrace of right-wing authoritarianism undermines women’s rights across the globe.
The ninth annual event showcased stories about women leaders as well as ordinary women who rise to meet the challenges in their own lives.
After a narrow defeat in the Virginia legislature, the ERA campaign is heating up in several states.
Advocates hope that the aptly named criminal justice law, which is limited in scope, could lead to broader reforms.
Just weeks before the third annual march, the organization is embroiled in controversy regarding claims of anti-Semitism among the March’s leadership. At least one local march has been canceled in response to these allegations, while others struggle to determine how to move forward.
Hundreds of thousands of rape cases in the United States are stalled as the evidence kits remain untested, sometimes for years. The HBO documentary I Am Evidence sheds light on the impact on victims and survivors.
The deadline is approaching for public comment on the administration's latest proposal, which is already having a damaging impact on immigrants.
On Tuesday, in the run-up to the opening of the Indian legislature’s winter session on December 11, women’s groups came together to express frustration and outrage that the Women’s Reservation Bill, which aims to ensure Indian women’s equal representation in elected office, has not yet been passed.
In the absence of action by the US federal government, local, regional, and business leaders are stepping up all over the world.
A proposed reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act could close loopholes that have left Native women, who are most at risk of violence, unprotected under the law.
During Breast Cancer Awareness Month, it seems that we see pink ribbons everywhere. But can we move beyond awareness to action?
A group of world-class photographers are using the power of photography to impact the lives of women and girls around the world.
The targeting of a member of parliament has shed light on everyday violence against women.
The latest report on diversity and inclusion in film shows little progress over the last 11 years. Marcie Bianco explores why there has been such stagnation, and what it will take to move the needle.
The Janus ruling that dealt a blow to public-sector unions will have a disparate impact on women.
The legislation, which focuses on prevention over punishment, offers the first legal definition of street harassment in the United States.