Move Over, Men: Women Were Hunters, Too
Anthropologists are finding that women in modern foraging societies have played a major role in catching game.
Women and Girls
Iranian Mothers Choose Exile for Sake of Their Daughters
Some have risked their lives to escape to Iraq or other nearby countries, where they have found havens to start over.
Iranian Mothers Choose Exile for Sake of Their Daughters
Some have risked their lives to escape to Iraq or other nearby countries, where they have found havens to start over.
Racism and Sexism Underlie Higher Maternal Death Rates for Black Women, U.N. Says
Black women in Latin America, the Caribbean and the United States are more likely than their white counterparts to report denial of medication or physical and verbal abuse in health care settings.
Rikkie Valerie Kollé Is the First Trans Woman to Win Miss Netherlands
Rikkie Valerie Kollé, 22, will represent the Netherlands at the 72nd annual Miss Universe pageant in El Salvador later this year.
Overlooked No More: Hannie Schaft, Resistance Fighter During World War II
She killed Nazis in the Netherlands and was known as “the girl with the red hair” on their most-wanted list. Then she was executed.
Washington Spirit’s Michele Kang Wants to Take Women’s Soccer Clubs Global
With the rapid rise of women’s soccer, Y. Michele Kang, the owner of the Washington Spirit, is in the vanguard of transforming ownership and management worldwide.
41 Dead After Riot Erupts in Honduran Women’s Prison
The inmates were found shot or burned to death in the latest spasm of violence in the country’s troubled prison system.
Man Who Questioned Gender of Girl, 9, Spurs Outrage
A track and field event in British Columbia has engendered debate about transphobia in Canada.
Dreaming of a New Iran
Amid a historic protest movement, three women chronicle their hopes and disappointments — and the daily acts of defiance that have already transformed their country.