Feature
The Increasingly Front-Line Role of Ukrainian Women
How war has—and hasn’t—transformed the country’s gender dynamics
The Feminist Fight for Gender Equity: Lisa Ann Walter and Advocates Renew Push for ERA Ahead of 2024 Elections
The ongoing fight for the Equal Rights Amendment and abortion rights, led by activists, pushes for gender equality amid political challenges
Born still, in legal and medical limbo
Bad data, few autopsies, shocked parents—the stillbirth crisis is getting another look and some tools to address it
East Africa’s Finance Bills deal heavy blow to women’s wallets
Proposed tax measures in Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania on sanitary pads, diapers, second-hand clothes, and fuel will disproportionately burden women, especially those running informal businesses or from low-income households
The Supreme Court Upholds Access to Mifepristone Amid Ongoing Abortion Rights Battle
The Supreme Court on Thursday ruled that women in the U.S. may continue to use mifepristone for abortion medications, a drug deemed “essential” by the World Health Organization. The WHO considers mifepristone and misoprostol, which are often used in combination, to
East Africa’s second-hand clothes markets – a major source of work for women – are under threat
How Uganda used clothes (Mitumba) traders are struggling to survive under the weight of changing domestic and foreign policies
Mona Polacca: leading with the heart in a time of climate change
Prominent spiritual elder reflects on what propels her work toward a future of Indigenous climate justice
‘We’re waving our white flag’: What physicians say they need from the U.S. to stop syphilis spread
Not since 1950 have more pregnant women and babies been sick with syphilis — a perfect storm of slashed public health funding and the spread of maternity-care deserts
Gaza’s Widows Are Fighting for Their Families’ Lives
Women in Gaza ‘have to find ways to survive’ as the humanitarian crisis grows
The Middle East Has a ‘Sextortion’ Problem
The region’s social stigmas are deterring women from reporting online sexual abuse
How motherhood spurred one New Yorker to take on the fossil fuel industry
Marlena Fontes is a climate activist and mother who wants to take down the fossil fuel industry
India has made remarkable progress cutting maternal deaths. Could climate change pose a threat?
Severe seasonal water shortages are forcing hospitals in India to close their doors to women in labor, raising fears that maternal health gains could be threatened
Women workers at high risk from automation
In Kenya’s tea plantations, labor activists say thirty thousand women have lost their jobs as a result of automation — they represent a broader global trend, with experts saying women are more likely than men to be automated out of a job
Silicon Valley VCs Invest Almost Exclusively in Companies Founded by Men. Could a new California law change that?
California would become the first state to require venture capital firms disclose the race and gender of the founders of the companies they fund, under a bill currently awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature
The women workers who are subsidizing global public health
Millions of community health workers, like the famous ASHA workers of India, form the cost-effective backbone of rural health programs around the world but are often unpaid — meaning millions of unpaid or underpaid women are effectively subsidizing trillions of dollars in global health
