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 ...

(WOMENSENEWS)—When I was 18 years old, I fell in love. I had met a man near the University of Oregon campus who seemed to love me as much as I loved him. Even though I was a promising high school ...

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 ...

As the Trump administration cuts funding for global gender equality efforts around the globe, organizations working toward gender justice and the prevention of violence against women and children are ...

MEXICO CITY (WOMENSENEWS)–The second time Deborah Alvarez was deported from the United States in 2005, after she was detained for prostitution solicitation tickets, she knew she would have to stay in ...

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 ...