For nearly two centuries, women in this country have fought for legal, political, economic, and social equality. Just to feel ...

Delphine Minoui’s book, now out in English, puts the reader in the shoes of a Yemeni girl married at age 10. When the girl divorced her husband, she spotlighted the sufferings of child brides. Book ...

Now, more than ever, it is important for disabled journalists to reframe the debate and take back the narrative on authentic representation across all forms of media – including journalism. Each year, ...

The focus is shifting away from whether women should lead towards whether prevailing leadership approaches reflect how women choose to lead. For years, efforts to increase the number of women in ...

I don’t need or want to take up two seats on the train. I just need more freedom and choice within any space that I occupy. Man-spreading: you’ve probably heard that phrase. It’s currently being ...

(WOMENSENEWS)—If there is a single through-line in my life and in my philanthropy, it is marginalization. It has been with me from my earliest memory, and it has defined the many causes to which I ...

While adult educators say dress codes are good prep for the real world, female students say they are just designed to discourage male attention. “It’s not our responsibility to make sure boys aren’t ...

In March, 2020 the world as we knew it changed. Nations worldwide started locking down and governments began mandating masking and physical distancing, while recommending robust hand hygiene and ...

If anyone ever thought that one person cannot change the world, they were wrong. Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the Jeffrey Epstein/Prince Andrew accuser, proved that the single-mindedness and zeal of a ...

The United Nations’ Gender Snapshot 2025 is out, and the numbers are grim: Women have broken barriers in education but remain sidelined in leadership, holding only 27.2% of parliamentary seats, 30% of ...

In her recent address before the United Nations Security Council, the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten delivered a searing account of the devastating and shocking ...