Female “ragpickers” in Mumbai are no longer what their name suggests. These days, many are in collectives and trying to find a better deal in the recycling industry. But it’s not easy when government ...

Shortfalls point to ongoing barriers—including stigma, limited clinic accessibility, and hurdles concerning women.

Mark Twain famously said, “History does not repeat itself, but it rhymes.” I’ve been thinking about the political historian ...

Some transgender people alter their physical characteristics via social, hormonal, and/or surgical changes to embody the ...

Brazil is on a mission to end its status as Latin America’s largest supplier of sex slaves. In recent months the government has joined international sting operations, passed a new law and launched a ...

Up to 90% of women sentenced to prisons in the US are survivors of sexual and physical violence, either in childhood, adulthood or both.

A transgendered English professor spends a year teaching in her old identity as a man. This fall, Justine Nicholas reveals her new gender identity to students and teachers and receives some surprising ...

Women with disabilities live at the intersection of two main biases: Gender bias can also color physicians’ attitudes toward patients. For example, a 2018 study found that doctors often view men with ...

Dear Women’s eNews Readers, Women’s eNews is saddened to report that our founder, Rita Henley Jensen, passed away this morning after a long and courageous battle with cancer. Rita Henley Jensen ...

HILLSDALE, N.J. (WOMENSENEWS)–Some of the most famous TED Talks are from recognizable names — Monica Lewinsky, Elizabeth Gilbert, Al Gore – but others are from girls like Caitlin Haacke and Sophie ...

The rape and sexual abuse of Jewish women during the Holocaust have been long overlooked. But when researchers probed, stories began to emerge as if they were old photographic film waiting for the ...