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Despite historic gains in the past two congressional elections in the US, women hold just 27% of the seats. As Americans prepare to reshape Congress in the midterms, could Bolivia inspire change?
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History is being written as women in Iran take center stage, protesting one of the mainstays of the country’s mandates: the hijab. For some, the hijab is a symbol of oppression, for others, it’s a…
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In the course of three weeks I took three flights and drove over 1,300 miles to talk to women in four states. I was hosted in eight homes, where I recorded six kitchen table conversation…
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The Women’s Sports Foundation (WSF) presented South Carolina women’s basketball head coach Dawn Staley with the Billie Jean King Leadership Award presented by Y. Michele Kang at its Annual Salute to Women in Sports Wednesday night in New York.
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Women over 50 often complain that western society treats them as invisible — not to mention irrelevant. But according to new polling from AARP, the leading US organisation for people 50 and over, older women…
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On Monday, a New York Times/Siena College poll indicated that 49 percent of likely voters would back their district’s Republican congressional candidate—a supposed swing toward red in a close race for control over…
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Moments after she flipped a longtime Republican congressional seat in 2018, Iowa Democrat Cindy Axne declared that “Washington doesn’t have our back and we deserve a heck of a lot better.” Now seeking a third term in one…
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At Security Council Debate, Delegates Call for Women’s Inclusion in All Peace Processes, Protection of Human Rights Defenders Many of the challenges the world faces today, from proliferating conflicts to worsening assaults on human rights, are connected to the trampling…
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In the pivotal early months of World War II, as Hitler’s armies tore through Europe, a part-time crime writer and mother of two in Swarthmore, Pa., came across a Reader’s Digest article with the headline,…
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When it comes to getting promoted into management, men still have the advantage. And women who do ascend to leadership roles are more likely than their male counterparts to have their authority undermined and have…