Women & Girls

July 12, 2019

In Argentina, violence against women is rising nationwide. Prosecutor Marcela Juan is among a number of women trying to solve the problem. Some are working on legislation while others are taking to the streets, making their voices heard.

Women & Girls

Crowds chanted 'equal pay' — but that could take centuries

PRI's The World

July 09, 2019

Fans chanted "equal pay" after the US women won the World Cup on Sunday. It's the latest event highlighting the gender pay gap, which is a global problem that no country has yet to solve.

Sexual violence

How sex traffickers use modeling contracts to lure young women

PRI's The World

July 08, 2019

Prosecutors say financier Jeffrey Epstein allegedly found underage girls through a man who promised the women modeling contracts in the US. How common is this scheme to snare women into trafficking rings?

Education

Mandatory sex ed curriculum stirs controversy in Argentina

PRI's The World

July 04, 2019

In Argentina, a mostly Catholic and conservative country, discussion around sex education has been heated. That’s why a law passed in 2006 to give kids comprehensive sexual education has been sporadically implemented. Until recently, it was ignored and put on the back burner.

Health & Medicine

Argentina is divided over abortion — even the feminists

PRI's The World

June 27, 2019

A growing movement in the country to combat violence against women has helped bring abortion to the fore.

‘Maternity jail’: Women in Argentina and the US find ways around restrictive abortion laws

PRI's The World

June 26, 2019

Argentina has strict laws against abortion. But a movement to decriminalize abortion has gained traction in the predominantly Catholic country in recent years.

Sexual violence

They were raped during Colombia’s civil war. Now they want justice for their children.

PRI's The World

June 24, 2019

In May, a network of Colombian organizations representing sexual assault survivors brought forth a list of demands to the Colombian government. They called for the government to pay monetary reparations to both sexual abuse survivors and children born as results of the abuse.

LGBTQ

An annual pageant is the one night a year trans women in Turkey can celebrate

PRI's The World

June 21, 2019

Amidst conservative pressures and security concerns, transgender women in Istanbul, Turkey, celebrate their beauty.

Sports

'Commentary for Good' brings underrepresented languages to the Women's World Cup

PRI's The World

June 19, 2019

The women have made history in two ways. Not only are they the first women from the Pacific Islands to commentate the Women’s World Cup, but they are doing it in their native languages of Bislama and Fijian.

Protest

Thousands of women walk off jobs in Switzerland

PRI's The World

June 14, 2019

Switzerland lags behind other Western countries in terms of equal pay for women. Thousands walked off jobs in a general strike on Friday to draw attention to pay to salaries and other issues.

Women & Girls

These Argentine women fight against a justice system 'written by men, for men'

Crowds chanted 'equal pay' — but that could take centuries

How sex traffickers use modeling contracts to lure young women

Mandatory sex ed curriculum stirs controversy in Argentina

Argentina is divided over abortion — even the feminists

‘Maternity jail’: Women in Argentina and the US find ways around restrictive abortion laws

They were raped during Colombia’s civil war. Now they want justice for their children.

An annual pageant is the one night a year trans women in Turkey can celebrate

'Commentary for Good' brings underrepresented languages to the Women's World Cup

Thousands of women walk off jobs in Switzerland

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