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Angelina Jolie: Why Girls Deserve Love and Respect on International Women's Day
By Angelina Jolie
7 Female Trekkers Who Helped Reclaim Nature, One Step at a Time
By Mélissa Godin
What I Learned About Beauty by Interviewing Women Who'd Been Prisoners of the Soviet Gulag
By Monika Zgustova
Here's Why I'm Committing $1 Billion to Promote Gender Equality
By Melinda French Gates
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99 Years After Women’s Suffrage, the Fight for the Vote Continues
The observance of Women's Equality Day on Aug. 26 marks the anniversary of the day the 19th Amendment entered the Constitution in 1920
By Elaine Weiss
August 26, 2019
No One Told Me Exactly What to Expect From Menopause. But the Messages I Did Get Were Very Wrong
I was 50 when I woke in my dark attic bedroom in Brooklyn, my heart speeding and my body incandescent with heat. I did not feel simply hot, no, I was being smothered by an...
By Darcey Steinke
June 28, 2019
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik Has a Plan to Get More Republican Women Elected
Representative Elise Stefanik can pinpoint the moment that crystallized the issue for her: It was the week after the midterm elections, and the newly elected members of the House of Representatives lined up for a...
By Alana Abramson
May 9, 2019
Breaking the Ice Ceiling: The Women Working in Antarctica Today
Photographer and Alaska native Acacia Johnson first visited Antarctica in 2010 as a tourist. From then on, working there became a passion: she was fascinated to see how the ice there was changing, and to...
By Maïa Booker
March 8, 2019
The Men Behind GPS Just Won a Prestigious Engineering Prize. Not on the Prize List: a Woman
“This is just another example of women being written out of history”
By Billy Perrigo/London
February 12, 2019
Wives of Political Leaders Have Long Been Called 'First Ladies.' California's Jennifer Siebel Newsom Has Other Plans
How an unprecedented moment fits into centuries of history for political spouses
By Katy Steinmetz
January 11, 2019
A '620km Human Chain' — Indian Women Rally for Equality
Approximately five million women took part
By Alejandro de la Garza
January 1, 2019
Women Achieved Enormous Power in Ancient Egypt. What They Did With It Is a Warning for Today
"Ancient Egypt allowed more females into power in the ancient world than any other place on earth. Was that society somehow more progressive than we might expect? The answer is a quick and deflating no."
By Kara Cooney
October 18, 2018
Saudi Arabia's First Women Taxi Drivers Take the Wheel
After the ban on women drivers was lifted on June 24, companies like Uber and Careem are putting women in the driver's seat
By Aryn Baker / Riyadh
June 25, 2018
Mothers Around the World Are in Crisis. Here's How You Can Help
From pregnant women fleeing conflict to adolescent girls fleeing sexual violence
By Kathy Calvin
May 12, 2018
How to Make #MeToo a Truly Global Movement
"There is no internationally agreed-upon definition of workplace violence and harassment"
By Michelle Nunn
March 9, 2018
How I Went From a Stay-at-Home Mom to the RNC Chairwoman
Ronna Romney McDaniel hopes more women get involved in politics
By Ronna Romney McDaniel
March 5, 2018
Reporter Jodi Kantor on What's Next for the #MeToo Movement
"Are we going to be able to say to our grandchildren, 'I was there when the walls came down'?"
By Katy Steinmetz/San Jose
February 23, 2018
#MeToo and the End of Teflon Men
To all the men who have worried since the start of #MeToo that their careers and reputations could be shattered by mere allegations, as the President put it recently, I'd like to say: Welcome to...
By Susanna Schrobsdorff
February 15, 2018
Women Nationwide March to Protest Trump
Democratic women are turning their heartbreak over Trump's victory into political action heading into the midterms
By Charlotte Alter
January 20, 2018
A Year Ago, They Marched. Now a Record Number of Women Are Running for Office
One year ago, millions of women protested in the streets. Now there are more women running for office than ever before.
By Charlotte Alter
January 18, 2018
Melinda Gates: It's Time for a New Era for Women
You may never know their names. They work beneath the headlines and far from the spotlight. When they receive formal recognition from bodies like the Nobel Committee, it is the exception, not the norm. But...
By Melinda French Gates
January 4, 2018
Women Are Getting Male Harassers’ Jobs. But Don’t Call it a Coup
If 2017 closed with men on the retreat, then 2018 started off with women on the advance. On day two of the New Year, Hoda Kotb officially became a co-host of NBC's Today show, taking...
By Belinda Luscombe
January 4, 2018
How Sexual Misconduct Scandals Are Already Reshaping the 2020 Democratic Primary
"There’s something significant happening with respect to gender."
By Nash Jenkins
November 17, 2017
Google Doodle Celebrates India's First Female Lawyer
The trailblazing advocate was born 151 years ago Wednesday
By Laignee Barron
November 15, 2017
What Happens When Women Reach a Critical Mass of Influence
If it seems like the structures that enable sexism are exploding, that's because they scientifically are, according to the theory of critical mass. When women reached 20% in the Senate, they went after the Pentagon...
By Jay Newton-Small
November 9, 2017
Meet the Women Who Are Breaking Glass Ceilings All Over the World in
When Women Rule
Three women who went against the grain to become politicians
By Tara John
October 21, 2017
No, Hugh Hefner Did Not Love Women
Hugh Hefner loved his things: his silk bathrobes, his palatial mansion, his vintage cars. And of course, he would be quick to say, his girls — those interchangeable blondes all below a certain age, with...
By Jill Filipovic
September 30, 2017
To Create Gender Equality, Companies Must Open Up About Failure
The CEO of GoDaddy writes that businesses too often tout small success instead
By Blake Irving
September 15, 2017
The Hidden Risk Faced by Female Pilots During World War II
A new Audible documentary narrated by Martin Sheen explores the story of female pilots who faced sabotage attempts during World War II
By Olivia B. Waxman
September 7, 2017
One Giant Leap for Womankind
She broke the glass ceiling. What a jagged image we use for women who achieve greatly, defining accomplishment in terms of the barrier rather than the triumph. Talk to women about the forces that drive...
By Nancy Gibbs
September 7, 2017
Inside the Push for More Public Statues of Notable Women
Breaking through the bronze ceiling
By Maya Rhodan
August 17, 2017
Why Americans—Especially Women—Are Drinking More Alcohol
More Americans are drinking high amounts of alcohol, and the greatest increases are seen among women and older adults, according to a new study published in JAMA Psychiatry. In the new report, researchers at the...
By Alexandra Sifferlin
August 9, 2017
Meet the First Black Woman to Hold the Highest Cadet Leadership Position at West Point
The prestigious military academy named Simone Askew their First Captain
By Paula Rogo / Essence
August 7, 2017
How Women Helped Save Obamacare
The grassroots opposition to ACA repeal was mostly led by women
By Charlotte Alter
July 29, 2017
How a Job Acquires a Gender
And less authority if it’s female
By Sarah Thebaud, University of California, Santa Barbara and Laura Doering, McGill University / The Conversation
July 26, 2017
Gretchen Carlson: What I Learned From My Biggest Challenges
'We need to work for it'
By Gretchen Carlson
July 25, 2017
How the Senate's Health Care Bill Will Seriously Hurt Black Women
'We know that we need greater access to care, not less'
By Elizabeth Dawes Gay
June 29, 2017
Uber Shows Why Gender Quotas Should Be Law for Company Boards
'It’s clear that all the hand-wringing and best intentions in the world have not moved the needle'
By Ann MacDougall
June 21, 2017
The New Director of Emily’s List Wants You to Run for Office
'A woman running for office should never apologize for being a woman’
By Samantha Cooney
June 19, 2017
J.P. Morgan Employee Files Sex-Discrimination Claim Over Parental Leave Policy
Fathers are considered ‘secondary' caregivers and granted less paid time off, the charge says
By Samantha Cooney
June 15, 2017
Black Women Vote More Than Everyone Else, But Remain Underrepresented in Politics, Report Finds
Black women had a higher voting rate than all other groups of men and women
By Lisa Marie Segarra
June 9, 2017
Corey Lewandowski Apparently Didn’t Get the ‘Man Enough’ Memo
He’s continuing to perpetuate a damaging stereotype about masculinity
By Samantha Cooney
June 9, 2017
A Popular Hair Loss Drug Costs 40% More for Women Than Men
Dr. Jules Lipoff was browsing the pharmacy shelves of his local when he stumbled across an interesting finding: Ounce for ounce, the women’s version of Rogaine foam—an over-the-counter treatment for hair loss—cost significantly more than...
By Amanda MacMillan
June 9, 2017
Women Are Judged Whether They Take Maternity Leave Or Not
Whether or not a new mom takes maternity leave seems to affect her coworkers’ opinions of her. According to new research in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, she’s “damned if she does and damned...
By Amanda MacMillan
June 5, 2017
How Climate Change Specifically Harms Women
As President Trump weighs the Paris climate deal
By Samantha Cooney
May 31, 2017
See One of Hillary Clinton's Favorite GIFs of the Trump Administration
'You just think it's gotta be from a skit on Saturday Night Live’
By Samantha Cooney
April 7, 2017
Women Perform the Bulk of ‘Mental Housework’ in Relationships
And that could be bad for the relationship, researchers say
By Samantha Cooney
April 6, 2017
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