Women's eNews had also been regretfully unaware that the passive voice was being used when addressing men’s violence against ...

Given the severity of nicotine addiction, experts say it is critical to prevent adolescents from ever taking up the habit and to develop cessation programs that help them break the addiction while ...

Women Wish to Stay to Testify Against Former Guards The women argue that they are entitled to a specific type of visa under the Violence Against Women Act of 2000, permitting them to remain in the ...

Rosa Parks statue in Dallas Credit: Keerthivasan Rajamani/keerth on Flickr, under Creative Commons (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0). (WOMENSENEWS)– Rosa Parks ‘ most historic hour may have occurred on the bus in ...

Bocanos Flores in Puebla, Mexico. Credit: Amy Lieberman MEXICO CITY (WOMENSENEWS)–The second time Deborah Alvarez was deported from the United States in 2005, after she was detained for prostitution ...

As the Trump administration cuts funding for global gender equality efforts around the globe, organizations working toward gender justice and the prevention of violence against women and children are ...

Thriving in college is hard. The US News and World Report reports that only 62% of American college students graduate from a university within six years’ time. The reasons range from academic to ...

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 ...

Credit: sean dreilinger on Flickr, under Creative Commons (WOMENSENEWS)– In a 2002 article, “Gender Equality: A Key to Our Future?,” Lena Sommestad, a women’s historian and then Swedish Social ...

(WOMENSENEWS)—If there is a single through-line in my life and in my philanthropy, it is marginalization. It has been with me from my earliest memory, and it has defined the many causes to which I ...

Aprons are potent symbols of women and domesticity. As utilitarian garments, they are worn and connected to a variety of professional and occupational settings: chefs, butchers, blacksmiths, waiters ...