It is no accident that Black women are being disproportionately affected by Trump’s cuts to the federal workforce. In the ...

It’s time for family courts to halt this harmful precedent. For the safety of children, and to ensure the child has a pathway to heal, judges must reject the junk science theory on which these ...

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 ...

The disparity is most acute for diseases that primarily affect women.

NCAA President Mark Emmert turned down a policy for sexual assault/harassment that I offered him two years ago on behalf of the National Coalition Against Violent Athletes. But when he levied ...

A counselor of abusive men says this time of crisis is a teachable moment in which men must admit to their vulnerability, engage in self-reflection, and exercise a new leadership emphasizing ...

In her recent address before the United Nations Security Council, the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten delivered a searing account of the devastating and shocking ...

Thriving in college is hard. The US News and World Report reports that only 62% of American college students graduate from a university within six years’ time. The reasons range from academic to ...

The fact that medical professionals seldom ask women whether they served in the military upon assigning them a diagnosis is just one of the reasons why many female veterans fail to receive the ...

The call for change is clear: it’s time to move beyond mere acknowledgment of these issues and focus on practical, sustainable solutions. In the last decade, there’s been a growing awareness of the ...

These spaces aren’t just about connection – they’re arenas of advocacy, empowerment, and solidarity, representing a new kind of social value. A quiet revolution is unfolding for disabled women on ...

HILLSDALE, N.J. (WOMENSENEWS)–Some of the most famous TED Talks are from recognizable names — Monica Lewinsky, Elizabeth Gilbert, Al Gore – but others are from girls like Caitlin Haacke and Sophie ...