News & Commentary about Women's Rights

Today, gender bias continues to create huge barriers for many women. Ongoing struggles include ensuring equal economic opportunities, educational equity, and an end to gender-based violence.

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Dec 2, 2021

Three Reasons Why Congress Must Pass the Pregnant Workers Fairness Act Now

Jeannie Hovland, the deputy assistant secretary for Native American Affairs for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, poses with a Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women mask.

Oct 18, 2021

We Need Accountability for Those Who Commit Violence Against Native Women

Side by side images of Riley. The left is the original and the right is a photoshopped image that covers her chest.

Sep 30, 2021

My School is Shaming Girls’ Bodies

New mothers are packing pumps for storing breast breast milk while working at the office.

Sep 30, 2021

The PUMP Act Would Protect Nursing Workers Like Me

Sep 29, 2021

Family Surveillance by Algorithm: The Rapidly Spreading Tools Few Have Heard Of

USA's Simone Biles in the Women's Balance Beam Final at Ariake Gymnastic Centre on the eleventh day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Japan.

Aug 13, 2021

Simone Biles, Sha’Carri Richardson, and How the Olympics Failed Black Women (ep. 169)

Sha'Carri Richardson celebrates after winning during fourth heat at Olympics 2021

Jul 16, 2021

The International Olympic Committee is Failing Black Women

People protesting in support of abortion rights, holding sign that reads "Keep Abortion Legal"

May 26, 2021

Abortion Access is at Stake, But We Will Do Everything We Can to Keep Our Clinic’s Doors Open

Municipal workers union gather on City Hall in New York for May Day protest against returning to offices.

May 13, 2021

Discriminatory Return to In Office Work Mandates Could Push Women and People of Color out of the Workforce

Demonstrators protesting anti-Asian racism.

Apr 1, 2021

The Links Between Racialized and Gender-Based Violence