My doctor and I ultimately decided on a hormonal IUD to manage my PCOS, since it also aligned with my preferred method of ...

The Economic Policy Institute released data this week that shows black women suffered large employment losses in 2025. As ...

Farahnaz*, a principal who had devoted two decades of her life to education, was forced to leave her school in September 2021. After the Taliban regained power, she had no choice but to stay home with ...

If anyone ever thought that one person cannot change the world, they were wrong. Virginia Roberts Giuffre, the Jeffrey Epstein/Prince Andrew accuser, proved that the single-mindedness and zeal of a ...

Adding men, regardless of how diverse, doesn’t reduce the incidence of brutality or improve community relationships. Adding women does. But women are just a stagnating 12 percent of police forces.

I don’t need or want to take up two seats on the train. I just need more freedom and choice within any space that I occupy. Man-spreading: you’ve probably heard that phrase. It’s currently being ...

We wouldn’t send a soldier with severe PTSD back to war, so why are family courts sending children back to parents who have sexually abused them? Children who have been sexually abused by a parent or ...

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 ...

(WOMENSENEWS)–I once told a friend that “Grease” is horribly sexist because the plot is basically: girl changes herself to get the guy. He responded, “I always thought it was her throwing off negative ...

Our grants, which total more than $500,000 in only four years, are already helping women and girls turn their lives around. This was a natural fit for me. One aspect I particularly value is the idea ...

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WASHINGTON (WOMENSENEWS)—I was 2 years old and innocent and never really understood why my four older siblings would leave me every morning even though I cried to go with them. My parents thought it ...