More than 30 years since Title IX opened up new opportunities for young women to compete in college sports, the number of female coaches in college sports has hit an all-time low.
Beauty contestant, sex worker, homemaker. Those are the only subjects for which women serve as the dominant authorities in southern African newspapers. Two groups are trying to change that and to ensure more respect for women in news coverage.
Sixty percent of African American women suffer from depression, but few seek professional help because of the communal stigma and because there are few providers specializing in African American issues. Now, new mental health initiatives are reaching out
A women’s rights activist struggles to publicize the persecution of women in post-Taliban Afghanistan, where fundamentalist pressures are returning and the burqa is back.
The rising jobless rate is often harder on women because their tendency to earn less and work part-time so they can care for family members disqualifies them from unemployment benefits in many states.
In the second of a two-part series, Women’s eNews looks at how immigrant victims of domestic violence are kept in limbo waiting for special visas. Also, women’s refugees commission calls for more humanitarian aid in Iraq.
In the first of a two-part series, Women’s eNews looks how the changes in regulation of immigration have stalled the cases of women seeking asylum from domestic violence. Tomorrow: Waiting for a U-Visa.
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