A team of scholars is investigating why women's incarceration is increasing even as overall imprisonment rates have been declining.

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.

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.

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.

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 group of world-class photographers are using the power of photography to impact the lives of women and girls around the world.

Women are taught that expressions of anger are unwelcome and unacceptable. Gadsby and Turner, each in her own way, are defying expectations.

A leader in the campaign to repeal Ireland's abortion ban reflects on how the victory was won — and the implications for other countries.

Women won big in Tuesday’s primaries, securing party nominations in at least 56 races for federal and statewide executive offices. By the end of the night, the United States moved one step closer to electing the first indigenous woman to Congress and was poised to break the glass ceiling in a variety of other races across the country.

A new film documents the extraordinary life of the Supreme Court justice who has become a cultural icon.

We must be intentional about preventing the erasure of black women’s history.

This year's Oscars ceremony showed both how far we've come and how far we have to go in the movement against sexual assault.

Harper was an outspoken activist for decades on abolition, temperance, public education, voting rights, and women’s equality. Why isn't she a household name?

A growing movement is calling for leaders in the field to address rampant misogyny.

A behind-the-scenes look at last week's Women's Media Awards, which highlighted the crucial work of media truth-tellers.

A new film spotlights the remarkable life and work of labor organizer and feminist Dolores Huerta. Emily Wilson talked to Huerta about the film and the activist's extraordinary contributions.

As disability rights advocates are fighting back against Republican attempts to dismantle Medicaid and other support services, women, especially women of color, bring to their activism "unique, comprehensive, lived experience," reports writer Heather Watkins.

A tribute to Betty Dukes, the lead plaintiff in one of the biggest class action sex discrimination lawsuits in U.S. history.

We need an open Internet in order to make our voices heard, to connect, and to organize. The Trump administration is moving to repeal net neutrality rules, but a broad coalition is fighting back in a day of action.

In spite of the Trump administration's attacks on the environment, renewable energy is gaining in the market—and women’s leadership is key in the movement away from fossil fuels.

For four days in February, the Athena Film Festival shone a spotlight on women in front of and behind the camera.

One of the few bright spots in the recent election was a series of victories on increasing minimum wage. The author, a leading advocate, explains how the fight for a fair economy will be won by women.