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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

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

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

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

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

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

A '620km Human Chain' — Indian Women Rally for Equality

Approximately five million women took part

By Alejandro de la Garza

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

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

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

How to Make #MeToo a Truly Global Movement

"There is no internationally agreed-upon definition of workplace violence and harassment"

By Michelle Nunn

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

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

#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

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

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
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