We live in a time when the fight for equal rights continues on a daily basis. One in five women are raped in their lifetime, and one in three women are abused by their partners. Human trafficking, a ...

The global #MeToo campaign has taken the battle for womens rights to "where we have never been before", the head of the UNs agency for gender equality told AFP during her first official visit to ...

Sojourner Truth played a crucial role in championing women’s rights and highlighting the unique challenges Black women confronted in the fight for equality.

Vera Mérő has gained fame in Hungary as a crusader supporting victims of sexual abuse, but she advises a soft, low-key ...

For over 50 years, the ACLU’s Women’s Rights Project has been at the forefront of the fight for gender justice. In 1987, 15 years after the Women’s Rights Project was established at the ACLU, March ...

Ally Pankiw set up Breadcrumbs, which gives up-and-coming women directors the on-set experience needed to break into a male-dominated field.

Gone are the halcyon days of the women’s movement: Votes for Women; the ERA; bodily autonomy; and a collective will to change the culture. “Look at statistics—they’re not good,” said Karen Shepherd, ...

The Women’s Equality movement has made great strides in recent years, but until the Constitution prohibits discrimination based on gender our work remains unfinished. With the November 5 election fast ...

Raila Odinga may be gone, but his contribution to women’s empowerment will remain etched in the country’s history for many years. He was the driving force behind catapulting several women into ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Garcia worked to pass LGBTQ-inclusive civil rights laws at the city, county, and state levels, and then for civil unions and ...