Same-sex couples lined up outside the City Clerk’s Office in Manhattan last Sunday to take advantage of New York’s first day of legal marriage for same-sex couples. A few counter protesters were ...

Sexual assault is a very real threat for American prisoners of war in the Iraqi conflict, but little is known about how the military prepares to deal with that trauma. (WOMENSENEWS)–Fear contorts Army ...

New York lawmakers voted to pass a package of bills to strengthen protections for victims of human trafficking. Also this week, Brown University students silently marched across campus to protest the ...

More than two dozen women so far have alleged sexual misconduct against the iconic comedian. When journalists and bloggers call these victims “accusers” it perpetuates a culture of victim blaming.

As the government wipes important sexual health information from official websites and targets research funding simply for the presence of words like “women” and “sex,” it’s more important than ever ...

In most U.S. states, the minimum marriage age for minors that have parental consent ranges from 12 to 17 years old. Headlines are sprouting everywhere about new court cases which may endanger Roe v ...

In the two years since the Roe decision was overturned, a great deal of ink has been spilled discussing new restrictions to abortion and other means of curtailing women’s reproductive choices. But now ...

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 ...

The difficulty many men now face finding wives drives a brutal business of selling women and girls inside China and from neighboring countries. The Chinese government has launched a year-long campaign ...

Farahnaz*, a principal who had devoted two decades of her life to education, was forced to leave her school in September 2021. After the Taliban regained power, she had no choice but to stay home with ...

The call for change is clear: it’s time to move beyond mere acknowledgment of these issues and focus on practical, sustainable solutions. In the last decade, there’s been a growing awareness of the ...

Colombian singer Greeciy and her partner had the joyous occasion of having a son together two years ago. But in early April, the singer took to TikTok to share that after that birth in 2022, she was ...