Homelessness Spikes Among California Women
Data shows 60,000 unhoused women in the state, among them domestic violence survivors, pregnant women and mothers.
The Middle East Has a ‘Sextortion’ Problem
The region’s social stigmas are deterring women from reporting online sexual abuse.
How motherhood spurred one New Yorker to take on the fossil fuel industry
Marlena Fontes is a climate activist and mother who wants to take down the fossil fuel industry.
India has made remarkable progress cutting maternal deaths. Could climate change pose a threat?
Severe seasonal water shortages are forcing hospitals in India to close their doors to women in labor, raising fears that maternal health gains could be threatened.
Can the Climate Tech Revolution Avoid Leaving Women Behind?
Tech is dominated by men. Only a small percentage of solar and wind workers are female – but there are places where women shine in the clean tech world.
Ukraine’s domestic violence survivors are battling for justice
A year after she first reported on rising domestic violence in Ukraine, reporter Jessie Williams finds a worsening situation.
COP28: How climate change hits women and the world of work
With scientists declaring 2023 likely to be the hottest year ever recorded, discussions at this year’s COP28, the annual U.N. climate summit, have never felt more urgent. As diplomats and leaders gather in Dubai from Thursday, one…
Sex Matters: Medical Research Overlooks Women
Scientists still ignore sex differences in testing new treatments.
African fashion is booming. It could create millions of jobs for women.
African fashion is booming as the continent’s middle class expands. It could create millions of jobs for women.
Women workers at high risk from automation
In Kenya’s tea plantations, labor activists say thirty thousand women have lost their jobs as a result of automation — they represent a broader global trend, with experts saying women are more likely than men…
Silicon Valley VCs Invest Almost Exclusively in Companies Founded by Men. Could a new California law change that?
California would become the first state to require venture capital firms disclose the race and gender of the founders of the companies they fund, under a bill currently awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature.
The women workers who are subsidizing global public health
Millions of community health workers, like the famous ASHA workers of India, form the cost-effective backbone of rural health programs around the world but are often unpaid — meaning millions of unpaid or underpaid women…
Afghan women take their own lives as despair grows under Taliban rule
An investigation into rising female suicides in Afghanistan as the Taliban erodes women’s rights.
The women who helped bring down Sudan’s dictator hoped it would end discrimination against them. Instead, they’re fighting for their lives.
The Sudanese women who toppled al-Bashir wanted an equal seat at the negotiating table. Instead, they were sidelined by fundamentalist military commanders who served under al-Bashir.
She escaped her husband’s physical violence – but economic ties kept them connected for years
The financial system has become a new frontier in the fight against intimate partner violence.
New York moms take on Wall Street CEO over fossil fuel funding
Meet the mothers taking on New York's biggest banks.
South Korea’s crackdown on false accusations has “chilling effect” on rape survivors
A wave of anti-feminist backlash in South Korea -- from the president’s vow to go hard on “false sexual assault accusers” to the government’s open refusal to reform the country’s outdated rape laws -- is…
Do Gender Quotas in Elections Work?
Sierra Leone is about to become the latest country to find out.
