Across Women's Lives

How women and girls are especially at risk of hunger during the pandemic

December 04, 2020

They are more likely to go without food so others in their family can eat. And, for them, hunger leads to other dangers.

Reproductive rights

Abortion increasingly hard to access in Turkey

The World

October 05, 2020

Abortion has been legal in Turkey since 1983, but the ruling AK Party and president have been chipping away at access to the procedure over the past decade.

Women & Girls

Afghan women negotiating with the Taliban say they feel ‘heavy responsibility’

The World

September 23, 2020

For the first time in two decades, members of the Afghan negotiating team are officially meeting with the Taliban to work out a peace agreement. There are only four women on the team, and they say they carry a heavy responsibility on behalf of women in their country.

Women & Girls

RBG’s early days in Sweden shaped her fight for women’s equality

The World

September 21, 2020

In the early 1960s, Ginsburg traveled to Sweden, and learned Swedish, to work on a law project with a Swedish scholar, Anders Bruzelius. Her observations of Swedish society opened up her eyes to the possibilities for women's equality in the United States.

Gender

Social media censorship in Egypt targets women on TikTok

The World

September 18, 2020

The government cites conservative values as the reason for policing music and dancing clips on the trendy video-sharing platform.

A racial slur remains in hundreds of place names throughout North America

The World

September 18, 2020

Clashes throughout North America about the racial slur "squaw" is starting to lead to place name changes.

Women & Girls

Latin American women are disappearing and dying under lockdown

The Conversation

August 25, 2020

The pandemic worsened but did not create this problem: Latin America has long been among the world’s deadliest places to be a woman.

LGBTQ

Polish activists fight against anti-LGBT movement

The World

August 19, 2020

Poland is considered the worst country in the European Union in terms of gay rights.

Business, Economics and Jobs

COVID-19’s cost to working mothers

Innovation Hub

August 06, 2020

How can women juggle working and parenting during a pandemic?

Reproductive rights

Abortion is a protected right in Spain. But the govt blocked a website that provides abortion info and pills.

The World

July 16, 2020

Since becoming legal in 1985, right-wing politicians have periodically made feeble attempts to limit or ban access to abortions. Each time it happens though, the action is met with strong pushback from the public.

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