Women and girls of African descent continue to face multiple and overlapping forms of discrimination, manifesting in higher rates of poverty (), barriers to education (), limited access to quality ...

Ad Policy This article appears in the May 2025 issue, with the headline “War on Women.” President Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and Elon Musk, Tesla CEO and senior adviser to the ...

From the United States to the Democratic Republic of Congo, women and girls’ rights have suffered serious setbacks. But despite the challenges, there also have been improvements and victories.

Starting in 1960, a group of 13 women known as the “First Lady Astronaut Trainees” passed tests and were set to train for space, but the training was cancelled because a panel decided female ...

The Quilting Women of Gee's Bend. 5/30/2025 | 53m 45s Video has Closed Captions | CC. Learn about the celebrated quilts made by an isolated community of African American women in rural Alabama.

Key points. Black women’s silence in healthcare is a result of historical and institutional trauma. Betrayal trauma occurs when healthcare systems dismiss or harm Black patients.

Throughout American political history, two capable, qualified, experienced women have run for president on a major-party ticket. Both have lost to Donald Trump, perhaps the most famous misogynist ...

“Real Women Have Curves,” an immigration-themed musical about a young woman whose academic aspirations conflict with her mother’s desire for her to stay close to home and to help out at the ...