GENDER: THE RELENTLESS FIGHT FOR EQUALITY

"From the wrestling mat to the streets, Vinesh Phogat’s struggle highlights the ongoing battle against systemic injustice and gender ine...

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Behind Every Successful COVID Vaccine Is A Woman

At least in the field of vaccine development, women have shown that they are capable of delivering a safer world. More power to our new sheroes...

The World Bank: Raising the bar on preventing GBV

Gender-based violence (GBV), including sexual exploitation, abuse and harassment (SEA-SH), is an unacceptable violation of human values. The im...

Oral contraceptives may impair emotion recognition in Women

There is a widespread use of oral contraceptives (OCs) among women, but little did they know about the effects of OC’s on emotion, cognit...

UN to screen ‘Love Sonia’ to mark the International Day of the Girl Child on 11 October

Love Sonia, a complex, inspiring, and harrowing tale of a 17-ye...

Tiffany Haddish, the first Female Black Comedian to host Saturday Night Live on NBC

"I'm not pregnant by Leonardo DiCaprio yet, but who knows what could happen?" - Tiffany Haddish says comically (or maybe not) in an interview with The Rolling Stone.

Girls As Young As Five Are Sold To Prostitution In India: Ruchira Gupta

Girls as young as five are being sold into the multi-billion dollar sex trafficking industry, said Ruchira Gupta, founder and president of Apne Aap Women Worldwide, at a ta...

Opinion: Want to Empower Women Worldwide? Give Them Access to Contraceptives

Melinda Gates shares why she advocates for over 225 million women around the globe who still lack access to modern contraceptives. Like most women I know, I have used contr...

Why Are Women Worldwide Not Using Contraceptives—Even Though They Don’t Want a Pregnancy?

Significant numbers of women worldwide don't use birth control due to fears of side effects, negative beliefs about contraception, and because they don't think they need it...