U.S. lawmakers arrive in Mexico City, adding to the international pressure on local and state authorities in Mexico to solve the decade-long series of murders of young women.
A “first couple” interview by Peggy Noonan in the October issue of Ladies Home Journal leaves the commentator fuming at the way a women’s magazine slipped political propaganda into its monthly fare of fashion tips and recipes.
A California study calls for further investigation into how environmental toxins affect women’s health. It estimates the health care cost of U.S. women’s environmentally associated diseases is $12.2 billion annually.
A Pakistan legislator is challenging the centuries-old tradition of “blood marriages,” the use of forced unions to settle inter-clan disputes. Her campaign seeks to outlaw the practice that continues across the country.
After 30 years of promoting girls’ education in the less-developed world, aid workers are now realizing that it is not enough to simply open the school door to girls. Unemployment, clean water and HIV/AIDS are now also on their agenda.
Barbara Seaman has made a career out of investigating the health hazards of hormonal medicine. In our Journalist of the Month profile, we look at what inspired her work and the success of her efforts.
A conference to define the forces creating the global demand for sexual services, which helps drive the sex slave trade, is underway in Chicago. Experts are focusing on a wide range of factors that may be driving up demand.
A statue of Sakakawea, the Shoshone Indian who led Merriwether Lewis and William Clark, will formally take a place at the U.S. Capitol today. The statue is the first of a minority woman to be given a permanent spot in National Statuary Hall.
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