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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

When I interviewed two Irish nuns in February it was a big story because it was the first time any nuns had commented on the abusive Magdalene Laundries run by four Catholic orders. Nothing since then ...

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 ...

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 ...

These spaces aren’t just about connection – they’re arenas of advocacy, empowerment, and solidarity, representing a new kind of social value. A quiet revolution is unfolding for disabled women on ...

My friend sounded proud. Real proud, when she announced that the heterosexual couple, who had been trying for over two years to start a family, had finally succeeded. “My son is pregnant!” she ...

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 ...

In her recent address before the United Nations Security Council, the Special Representative on Sexual Violence in Conflict Pramila Patten delivered a searing account of the devastating and shocking ...

I can’t help but wonder what the long-term consequences are to a society that suppresses our empathy and humanity in the name of self care? When I had my son two years ago, I came home with my husband ...