Women & Girls

Global Women’s Marches persevere despite divisions among US activists

PRI's The World

January 17, 2019

This year's Women's March in the US is experiencing some tension at the top, but that hasn't slowed down other women across the globe who are also marching for their rights.

Sports

Ada Hegerberg, first female Ballon d'Or winner: 'A huge step forward'

PRI's The World

January 11, 2019

Women's soccer player Ada Hegerberg is the first Ballon d'Or Féminin winner. For her, it's a symbol that the women's sport is getting more attention, even though she says all women and girls are still fighting sexism, both in the sport and in the world.

Rare gems in skeleton's teeth challenges thinking about Medieval women

Thomson Reuters Foundation

January 09, 2019

A 1,000-year-old skeleton of a woman was discovered at a monastery cemetery shows that she painted with rare, expensive pigments — and she licked a brush frequently, leaving the traces of lapis lazuli in her dental plaque. The finding shows that women contributed more to painting and literature that previously thought.

These women made a big impact in 2018

PRI's The World

January 07, 2019

In 2018, our Across Women’s Lives desk spoke to (or about) numerous women who've had a profound impact on their communities. Many of them challenged the status quo.