Women's Rights

Health & Medicine
Opinion
Why 2025 is a big year in women's health
As International Women's Day highlights both progress and setbacks, 2025 is emerging as a watershed year for women's health across the globe

Politics & Society
The undoing of Roe v. Wade
The US Supreme Court decision may embolden conservative grassroots activists to continue campaigning to overturn other liberal decisions

Politics & Society
Overturning history
This month could see the US Supreme Court overturn the 50-year-old Roe v. Wade precedent which gave American women control over their fertility, bodies and lives

Health & Medicine
Girls forced to act as boys in Afghanistan
The practice of bacha posh tries to circumvent Afghanistan’s rigid gender roles, but it also entrenches them. Girls and women need to be heard as who they are

Health & Medicine
Women in science still jumping higher hurdles
The digital revolution has changed the game for women and girls in science, but despite strong progress, female students are still asking dispiriting questions

Health & Medicine
Where are all the missing girls?
A preference for sons in patriarchal societies across the world means we are missing 126 million women. Here is what we can do about it.

Health & Medicine
The woman who changed the lives of millions
How doctor and nun Mary Glowrey was ahead of her time in expanding healthcare in India, putting her on the path to possible sainthood