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Employers Are Starting to Adopt 'Menstrual Leave' Policies. Could It Backfire?

By Ashifa Kassam

The Gender Gap Will Take an Estimated 135 Years to Close

By Suyin Haynes

Nigerian Trafficking Survivors Are Stuck in Limbo Amid COVID-19

By Shola Lawal

Pope Francis Apologizes for Slapping Woman's Hand

By Josiah Bates
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Employers Are Starting to Adopt 'Menstrual Leave' Policies. Could It Backfire?

Employers around the world are adopting period leave policies, but the idea has so far gained little traction in the U.S.

By Ashifa Kassam October 8, 2021

The Gender Gap Will Take an Estimated 135 Years to Close

The wait for gender parity now extends to over 135 years, according to World Economic Forum research

By Suyin Haynes March 30, 2021

Nigerian Trafficking Survivors Are Stuck in Limbo Amid COVID-19

Published in partnership with The Fuller Project, a global nonprofit newsroom reporting on issues that impact women. The three young women agreed they would escape by nightfall. They didn’t have any money or documents, but...

By Shola Lawal July 17, 2020

Pope Francis Apologizes for Slapping Woman's Hand

He later denounced violence against women in a New Year's address

By Josiah Bates January 1, 2020

Why Sexual Violence Remains an Epidemic in India

Seven years after the fatal gang-rape of Jyoti Singh on a bus in New Delhi horrified India and sparked nationwide protests, a crowd gathered last Monday to mark the anniversary of her attack. That same...

By Rachael Bunyan December 23, 2019
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