The Supreme Court ruled against a set of Texas abortion restrictions in a decision issued Monday. The 5-3 ruling declared the regulations unconstitutional because they place an undue burden on patients and do not promote women’s health and safety as … Read More
More than 1,000 women were trained as pilots for the American military during World War II, but their legacy had never been fully recognized until Friday when President Barack Obama signed bipartisan legislation giving them the right to be laid to rest … Read More
UNITED NATIONS — Indigenous women are disproportionately the victims and survivors of violence in conflict zones, and peace treaties must include clauses to protect this twice-marginalized population, a United Nations special investigator said Tuesday. Victoria Tauli-Corpuz, the U.Nspecial rapporteur on … Read More
Saturday delivered a great win for diversity in entertainment as women swept every category at the 2015 Nebula Awards. The annual event celebrates the year’s best literary contributions to science fiction and fantasy. SEE ALSO: MashReads Podcast: Here are some … Read More
LONDON — A woman who was sent home from her temp job for not wearing high heels has launched a petition calling for it to be made illegal for a company to require women to wear heels at work. SEE … Read More
LONDON — JK Rowling and Emma Watson have called on London’s new Mayor Sadiq Khan to put a statue of a suffragette outside the Houses of Parliament in London. SEE ALSO: Roses are red, violets are blue, these suffragette poems … Read More
Harry Potter and the gender wage gap. Daniel Radcliffe recently admitted in an interview with Australia’s The Daily Telegraph that he didn’t know that wage disparity was still such issue in Hollywood — until he read Jennifer Lawrence’s essay in Lenny Letter. SEE … Read More
Millions of people marry every year, among them feminists who want to embrace the ritual but disavow its historical connection to stripping women of their freedom and rights. This is a tricky, deeply personal balance, one that some critics say … Read More