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No one is saying the tennis star wasn't angry. But it's worth asking whether you thought she was more angry because she is a woman.
Staying at home puts women at greater risk of health problems – cities need to change to encourage them to go outside.
Under representation of women in the science and engineering career fields is a result of poor work life balance.
Turkana women weren't properly represented in decisions made between the oil company and community.
One in 4 US women receives an abortion sometime in her life. Who are the women who choose to end their pregnancies?
A new research project is helping Nigerien women access valuable, accurate information from which they are too often cut off.
Mexico gives poor, jobless moms up to $147 a month to feed and educate their kids. But money with strings attached may actually overburden women while freeing up their husbands' time and money.
A woman's work on her body will never be done if she wants to live a normal life.
Over the past 45 years, women have married later, attained higher education and joined the workforce in record numbers. Could it all be turned back?
Refugee women's voices are often left out of resettlement policy. A participatory research method called photovoice helps uncover resettlement issues from their perspectives.
Women now make up a sizeable share of football audiences, but unless decked out in short shorts and cropped jerseys, they are barely visible in the media.
Thousands of Australian women took flight to the US in the early 20th century, escaping sexism at home for success overseas. They included architects, artists, dentists and an economist who advised JFK.
Countries have some flexibility in interpreting UN agreements on refugee rights. But Sessions' decision that abused women don't qualify for asylum in the US is an extraordinarily severe ruling.
To understand why women in Africa are less politically represented than men, one needs to look into the history of the continent's gender gap when it comes to matters of leadership and governance.
Bringing more women into the trades requires challenging social stigmas and improving mentoring programs and workplace culture.
South Sudan’s chiefs wield real power, administering customary laws to resolve local disputes. But they often reinforce gender inequalities – could the new chief change this?
During the war, few Americans actually saw the 'Rosie the Riveter' poster that's become a cultural icon.
Many autistic women may be missing out on a diagnosis, new study reveals.
A lawyer reports from Ireland days ahead of this vital vote.
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