For many blind and low vision voters the right to cast a private and independent ballot remains out of reach despite decades ...

For many women, hearing that their labs are “normal” feels less like reassurance and more like dismissal. That doesn’t mean a ...

A client of mine, a VP at a logistics company, told me she rehearsed her sentences before every meeting. Not because she didn’t know the material. She knew it cold. She rehearsed because she couldn’t ...

In this episode, Women's eNews Executive Director Lori Sokol interviews Beverley-Francis-Gibson, CEO of ⁠Together Women Rise⁠, a collective giving community dedicated to advancing global gender ...

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 ...

Betty Friedan’s “The Feminine Mystique” helped unravel the myth of the 1950s and 1960s housewife as completely satisfied and happy, says Stephanie Coontz in her book “A Strange Stirring.” In this ...

United Nations Special Rapporteur Reem Alsalem Presents Historic Report on Violence Against Mothers Across the Globe before the Human Rights Council, 62nd Session Last week’s 62nd session of 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 ...

Restricted and repetitive behaviors, along with strong preferences for sameness in both behavior and environment, are noted as hallmark features of autism spectrum disorder (ASD). Structured routines ...

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 ...

In the middle of LGBT Pride Month, the killing of 50 people and injury of many others at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando is sending shock and outrage through the country and the world. (WOMENSENEWS)— ...

Having already withdrawn from the Human Rights Council, the U.S. has adopted an increasingly isolationist and obstructive stance within international institutions. Will the United States become the ...