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Amanda Nguyen Takes the Fight for Survivors to the U.N.
By Sanya Mansoor
Afghan Girls Contemplate a Future Without Schools
By Tamana Ayazi and Ali M. Latifi
The Indian Lawyer Fighting Marital Rape
By Astha Rajvanshi/Delhi
Confronting South Korea’s Spycam Problem: 'We Are Not Safe'
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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 and Corinne Redfern
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 and Sanya Mansoor
December 23, 2019
Hill Decries 'Double Standard' in Final Congress Speech
"I'm leaving because of a misogynistic culture that gleefully consumed my naked pictures, capitalized on my sexuality, and enabled my abusive ex to continue that abuse, this time with the entire country watching," Hill said
By Madeleine Carlisle
October 31, 2019
Amsterdam's Red Light District Is in Crisis
Amsterdam Mayor Femke Halsema is determined to remake the city's red light district. But sex workers say changes could leave them more vulnerable
By Ciara Nugent/Amsterdam
October 30, 2019
Abortion Bans Strip People of Their Human Rights. Here's Why We Must Stand In Solidarity Against Them
Banning abortions isn't particularly effective. When governments restrict access to abortion, abortions actually continue to take place at roughly the same rate, according to the World Health Organization. But they get less safe. When abortion...
By Uma Mishra-Newbery and Jaime Todd-Gher
September 27, 2019
How Many Personal Stories Must Women Share to Convince Others of Their Humanity?
How many personal stories must women share to convince others of their humanity?
By Lyz Lenz
September 19, 2019
She Was a Teenage Victim of Domestic Violence and Rape. She Sought Help. This Week, Iran Executed Her
Zeinab Sekaanvand was executed on Tuesday in Iran after spending a third of her life in detention
By Mansoureh Mills
October 5, 2018
On Women's Equality Day, Here Are 3 Things to Know About the Suffrage Movement
The 19th Amendment was adopted on Aug. 26, 1920
By Rachel E. Greenspan
August 24, 2018
What Colombia's New President Means for Justice for Women
For decades, Colombia ignored violence against women committed by all sides in the conflict. That could change
By Lucy Sherriff/Bogota
June 19, 2018
Why Argentina's Abortion Vote Matters
A plan to legalize abortion up to 14 weeks has divided the predominantly Catholic South American country
By Ciara Nugent
June 13, 2018
What I Learned By Flying to England From Ireland to Get an Abortion
We must repeal Ireland's eighth amendment
By Kate Norris
May 24, 2018
Ireland's Abortion Debate Is No Longer About the Church
For the first time, Irish women are speaking out about their own experiences
By Siobhan Morrin
May 24, 2018
How #MeToo and #TimesUp Are Helping Egyptian Women Break the Silence Around Sexual Violence
Women in Egypt have created a direct equivalent to #MeToo on social media called “Ana Kaman"
By Azza Soliman
May 17, 2018
How Women Activists in Turkey Keep Fighting in a Climate of Fear
Under Turkey's state of emergency, more than 1,300 NGOs have been permanently closed down over unspecified links to “terrorist” groups.
By Milena Buyum
April 26, 2018
How the Fight for Gender Equality Is Changing in 2018
'The power that we need to claim is our own'
By Ai-jen Poo
March 8, 2018
IBM's Michelle Peluso Thinks Men Play a Key Role in the Fight for Gender Equality
We must all roll up our sleeves
By Michelle Peluso
March 8, 2018
How America Ferrera Has Continued Her Activism After the Women's March
The moment I stepped onto the stage in Washington D.C., the energy from the crowd was overwhelming, unlike anything I have experienced. I’ve never spoken in front of 1.2 million people before, and I didn't...
By America Ferrera
March 1, 2018
I’ve Never Been Good at Dressing Like a Woman
I’ve never been good at dressing like a woman. I stopped wearing dresses when I was twelve years old. I’m 6′3″, so if I were to wear high heels, I would tower over people more...
By Roxane Gay
February 27, 2018
Eve Ensler: Men Need to Join the Fight to End Violence Against Women
The Vagina Monologues playwright discusses fight for gender equality
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February 15, 2018
America Can Never Go Back to the Era of Back-Alley Abortions
When I was a girl growing up in Oklahoma, women got abortions. But because those procedures were illegal, many of them ended up with back alley butchers. And we all heard the stories: women who...
By Sen. Elizabeth Warren
January 21, 2018
Abortion Providers Are Human Rights Workers
Roe v. Wade represents the ‘crumbling of our country’s patriarchy'
By Amy Hagstrom Miller
January 19, 2018
Melinda Gates: The World is Finally Listening. Me too. Me too. Me too.
In 1976, one year after the term “sexual harassment” was coined, the magazine Redbook reported that 90 percent of women surveyed said they’d been sexually harassed at work. Last year, the Elephant in the Valley...
By Melinda French Gates
November 20, 2017
What Saudi Women Need More Than a Driver's License
Earlier this week, I did something perfectly ordinary: I renewed my U.S. driver's license. That's something I couldn't do in my home country of Saudi Arabia because there is no women's section at the DMV...
By Jasmine Bager
September 29, 2017
How Economic Reform Will Help Women Drive In Saudi Arabia
I recently watched Wonder Woman, and the overall theme of the movie hit home. One quote particularly resonated and reminded me of the battle Saudi women face for our rights… The battle will never be...
By Fatimah S. Baeshen
June 19, 2017
Jamila Afghani: Give the World's Women Knowledge and Power, and Peace Will Follow
While education for women Afghanistan is often considered taboo, women should never be ashamed for wanting an education
By Jamila Afghani
April 24, 2017
Denis Mukwege: Using Rape as a Weapon of War Should Cross Every International Red Line
We must pursue justice for all crimes against humanity that shock the conscience
By Denis Mukwege
April 24, 2017
Money Raised by the U.K.'s Tampon Tax Helped Fund an Anti-Abortion Group
And many people are not happy about that
By Kate Samuelson
April 4, 2017
The Connection Between the Global Gag Rule and Extremism
'This policy will increase gender inequality. Gender inequality can fuel extremism. Extremism fuels terrorism.'
By Elizabeth Weingarten
March 31, 2017
Saudi Arabia Must Empower Women If it Truly Wants to Move Forward
The country's women number less than a quarter of the workforce
By Ian Bremmer
March 8, 2017
Women Should Reclaim the Term
Pro-Life
From Anti-Abortion Activists
It is too often used by those who fight health care, yet support the death penalty and less gun control
By Danya Ruttenberg
January 27, 2017
How the Abortion Debate Rocked Progressivism
Absolutism on the issue could make or break the Democratic Party
By Mary Eberstadt
January 26, 2017
Why Donald Trump Won't Be Able to Overturn
Roe v. Wade
Pressure and accountability. Pressure. And accountability.
By Amy Hagstrom Miller
January 23, 2017
Celebrities Tweet Support for the Women's March on Washington
Women and men across the country and world are marching for women's and reproductive rights
By Maya Rhodan
January 21, 2017
The Woman Leading Malaysia's Huge Anti-Graft Protests
Maria Chin Abdullah, the chairperson of Bersih 2.0, is a widely respected, veteran activist now languishing in solitary confinement
By Yenni Kwok
November 23, 2016
Bangladeshi Student Stabbed for 'Rejecting Suitor'
It is reportedly the fourth such attack in recent months
By Tekendra Parmar
October 5, 2016
Malaysian Man Accused of Rape Avoids Jail After Marrying His Teenage Victim
The judge discharged the case after she was presented their marriage certificate in court
By Yenni Kwok
August 4, 2016
Spice Girls' 'Wannabe' Gets a Feminist Makeover
Twenty years on, the pop group's legacy of "girl power" is being put to good use
By Tara John
July 5, 2016
Clinton Puts Women's Issues Front and Center in Speech
In her first speech since she became the first female major party presumptive nominee, Hillary Clinton put several traditionally sidelined "women's issues" front and center. Speaking to the Planned Parenthood Action Fund Friday, Clinton made...
By Charlotte Alter
June 10, 2016
93-Year-Old Woman Receives Diploma She Was Refused 74 Years Earlier
"Her one regret is no longer a regret. It is a fulfilled ambition"
By Megan McCluskey
March 10, 2016
The Long Road to Recovery From Wartime Rape
Men are perpetrators of most war rape, but they can also be victims when their wives and daughters are raped. One program is helping both
By Aryn Baker and Nicole Vergalla
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