My doctor and I ultimately decided on a hormonal IUD to manage my PCOS, since it also aligned with my preferred method of ...

The Economic Policy Institute released data this week that shows black women suffered large employment losses in 2025. As ...

If anyone ever thought that one person cannot change the world, they were wrong. Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the Jeffrey Epstein/Prince Andrew accuser, proved that the single-mindedness and zeal of a ...

Farahnaz*, a principal who had devoted two decades of her life to education, was forced to leave her school in September 2021. After the Taliban regained power, she had no choice but to stay home with ...

I don’t need or want to take up two seats on the train. I just need more freedom and choice within any space that I occupy. Man-spreading: you’ve probably heard that phrase. It’s currently being ...

We wouldn’t send a soldier with severe PTSD back to war, so why are family courts sending children back to parents who have sexually abused them? Children who have been sexually abused by a parent or ...

Adding men, regardless of how diverse, doesn’t reduce the incidence of brutality or improve community relationships. Adding women does. But women are just a stagnating 12 percent of police forces.

My love for this sport was so much that I was three months pregnant during our last competition, held in 2021 before the Taliban came to power – I came in fifth. It would be the last time I played. I ...

The Democrats are making the government shutdown about healthcare inequities. But even if they get their way, any budget is likely to perpetuate longstanding disparities in healthcare funding. I’m not ...

(WOMENSENEWS)– At the beginning of the 20th century, the major causes of death for women were infectious diseases (tuberculosis, syphilis, pneumonia and influenza). By the end of the 20th century, ...

(WOMENSENEWS)–I once told a friend that “Grease” is horribly sexist because the plot is basically: girl changes herself to get the guy. He responded, “I always thought it was her throwing off negative ...

A concerned adult worries sex trafficking could be going on amid the pot smoking and video and card games. But she can’t get past a “code of silence and secrecy.” One teen calls the BDSM at the heart ...