Women's Rights

Despite a recent government initiative aimed at providing financial services to women in India, the populations most in need of assistance aren't seeing the benefits.

• By Puja Changoiwala

Legal scholars have long argued that Roe protects more than just abortion access.

• By Francie Diep

In the Niger Delta, women are processing palm oil, instead of crude, to provide for their families. However, the environmental impacts of palm oil plantations have some pleading for caution.

• By Orji Sunday

Forget the Protestant work ethic. What we're experiencing is the secularization success.

• By Tom Jacobs

In response to reports of the abuse of maids in the Gulf, Nepal made it illegal for women to travel to the region for domestic work in 2016—yet many still choose to travel abroad due to lack of economic options in their homeland.

• By Rojita Adhikari

A conversation with Joan Carling, Filipino gender equality advocate, former adviser to the United Nations, and an enemy of the state, according to the Duterte government.

• By Megan Clement

Women in the country are missing out on the tech boom, and those who do work in the industry say companies and the government need to do more to help bolster their ranks.

• By Rodrigue Rwirahira

Chess boxing—literally a combination of chess and boxing—strengthens the minds and bodies of young women in the country, while also giving them a path toward a better life.

• By Swati Sanyal Tarafdar

Experiencing early wage discrimination can set women back again and again, as small-percentage raises prevent them from ever truly breaking the cycle.

• By Aubrey Menarndt

The percentage difference between women and men with bank accounts hasn't shifted in seven years. Experts say better products need to be made to address this problem.

• By Megan Clement

The group is utilizing sustainable agroforestry techniques to revitalize their region and tackle food insecurity.

• By Monica Pelliccia

In her new book, Dusenbery provides a comprehensive and much-needed look at how sexism in the medical field is hurting women.

• By Candace Butera

While looking to lessen wage disparities, the government has instead enacted legislation that leaves behind a large swath of female workers.

• By Jen Thorpe

An unplanned child used to derail the education of girls in the country, but a new approach is helping young mothers stay in school.

• By Corinne Redfern

After a Cabify driver was accused of murdering a college student near Puebla, Mexico, appetite for an "Uber for women" continues to grow.

• By Maya Kroth

During the hardline president's 37-year regime women were largely forced out of politics. Will things change under new leadership?

• By Tendai Marima

From the time they are just children, black women in America face a set societal perceptions and actions that can have devastating effects.

• By Joshua Ddamulira

This is not the first time Representative Martha McSally has protested government-issued dress codes.

• By Katie Kilkenny

One female reporter was prevented from entering the Speaker's Lobby because her shoulders weren't covered.

• By Katie Kilkenny

Climate change affects women disproportionately—yet tensions among Middle Eastern states, and a dearth of women at COP21, mean the final agreement is unlikely to do much for them.

• By Lucia Graves

Montana State University STEM departments now hire equal numbers of women and men, thanks to new procedures that raise awareness of gender issues.

• By Nathan Collins

Before 1980, it was the Republican party that many feminists were turning to.

• By Katie Kilkenny

It's time to stop focusing on population growth as the cause of our environmental problems. It’s not the main culprit, and the women of the world are already doing all they can to slow it. They just need more support.

• By Diana Liverman

A new study presents preliminary evidence that, for women, participating in sports in high school can instill a sense of independence and self-reliance.

• By Tom Jacobs