People are dying. The U.S. has the highest maternal mortality rate of any wealthy nation. In 2023, it was 18.6 deaths per 100 ...

The narrative must be rewritten to create a future that assists their economic security.

Those children need support and protection to be able to live healthy and safe lives—not to be made pawns in a political game designed to hurt other vulnerable kids. About the Author: Mariya, an award ...

Companies can still deny workplace accommodations if it puts too much strain on the company’s resources. According to the ...

The opening of Sean Baker’s 2024 indie film, Anora, takes you into the back rooms of a strip club called “Headquarters,” peppered with men ...

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 ...

Around the world, the climate crisis is worsening the inequities surrounding who gets to have a healthy pregnancy and baby. Esther McCant, who works as a doula in the US state of Florida, knows that ...

America has suffered a significant birth rate decline in recent years that President Trump has made this a national issue. By promoting policies such as a “baby bonus” tax credit and increased ...

On his very first day in office, President Donald Trump fired Admiral Linda Fagan, the first woman in American history to lead a branch of the armed forces. She was evicted from her residence with ...

(WOMENSENEWS)—If there is a single through-line in my life and in my philanthropy, it is marginalization. It has been with me from my earliest memory, and it has defined the many causes to which I ...

Women’s History Month has come and gone, and despite all the drama, we are still here and multitasking more than ever. However, imagine waking up one day to find all the women had simply vanished! No ...

In the two years since the Roe decision was overturned, a great deal of ink has been spilled discussing new restrictions to abortion and other means of curtailing women’s reproductive choices. But now ...