‘We want accountability’ – As femicide deaths surge, Kenyan women demand an end to violence
After thousands of demonstrators took to the streets to protest the spike in gender-based murder, calls to protect women grow.
Author Cat Bohannon on post-Roe America, asteroids and the medical “male norm”
“Eve” flips the narrative of evolution by spotlighting how the female body drove human biology.
Reporter’s Notebook: From bombings to blackouts — why the story of Gaza’s war widows was a reporting challenge like no other
Our reporters talk about the unique challenges they faced to tell the stories of Gaza’s war widows.
‘A wake-up call’: After alleged metaverse rape, calls to protect women and girls grow
Sexual assault and harassment are largely unregulated in virtual reality, despite rising reports of psychological harm caused by rape in the metaverse.
‘We have no hope’: What Pakistan’s expulsion of Afghan refugees means for women
With nearly 400,000 Afghans forced to leave Pakistan in recent months, women and girls who return to their homeland face serious threat.
Gaza’s Widows Are Fighting for Their Families’ Lives
Women in Gaza ‘have to find ways to survive’ as the humanitarian crisis grows.
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…
