By the morning after Election Day, America knew the number of women in the House of Representatives would hit historic highs. Could the Senate and governors' mansions, too?
A record number of women ran for some of the nation's highest offices this year. Here's how they've influenced the gender make-up of the Senate, the House of Representatives, and the states' governors.
LGBTQ activists hold a "We Will Not Be Erased" rally in front of the White House October 22nd, 2018, in Washington, D.C.
New legislation would require all publicly held companies based in California to have at least one woman on their boards starting next year.
New research finds females still make up a minority of the onscreen population, but they are depicted more often in leadership roles.
A conversation with Rasha El Fangry, the coordinator of the Collaborative for Peace of Sudan.
The student, Max Brennan, was initially required to use a gender-neutral restroom.
Thousands of protesters march during the March4Women event on March 4th, 2018, in London, England.
The less-than-logical distinction reflects the complex connotations the term carries.
The decision comes eight months after women were first able to run and vote in local elections.
Thirty-five other women have attempted the course since the Marines first opened it up to women in 2012, but all failed to complete the training.
And that's actually an improvement over recent years.
Director Deniz Gamze Ergüven on critiquing oppression—and shooting a subversive film on the run.
A report from the World Economic Forum finds that true gender equality is still more than a century away.
Pacific Standard intenta un ejercicio de alegrarse del mal ajeno.
A new nation-by-nation comparison suggests language is a driver of inequality.
Pacific Standard tries an exercise in schadenfreude.
Polite entrenchment, at least in one recent case.
Psychologist Sarah Murnen talks objectification, gender equality, and Miley Cyrus.
How one alternative sport is helping further gender equality, in athletics and beyond.
What does it mean that fathers have found their way into more ads and are starting to look comfortable there?