Mexican ruling party PRI Mayor Javier Garfio Pacheco has issued an apology after comments at a rally suggesting that female domestic employees not keep up with current events because “the news is not that good,” and instead to watch Mexican primetime soap operas, known as telenovelas.
Evil presents itself in many forms. For a group of 11 brave, young Indian women, it arrived in the form of acid attacks. And this past International Women’s Day, on March 8, these bold women were featured in a calendar devoted to spreading awareness about one of the most heinous crimes against females: the “Stop Acid Attacks” campaign by the Chhanv Foundation–a group focused on shining a spotlight on acid attack survivors and stopping the trend.
A new casebook released in November is attempting to define a new legal field to be taught at law schools: “reproductive justice.”
A recent piece in the Huffington Post suggests that women were given short shrift in the Bible, citing statistics that show women relegated to silence and anonymity.
ISIS has released a Manifesto on women and girls. Titled “Women in the Islamic State,” it is far more extreme than even Hitler’s vision of women as belonging in the nursery (Kinder) the kitchen, (Küche) and the Church (Kirche).
Chris Paul didn’t mince words after the Los Angeles Clippers lost to the Cleveland Cavaliers 105-94 on Thursday night, bitterly accusing Lauren Holtkamp of making a “ridiculous” call when she called a technical foul on him. The NBA’s premier point guard opined “this might not be for her.”
The 12-page working document for a Pontifical Council meeting, titled Women’s Cultures: Equality and Difference, outlines the topics to be discussed, including gender identity and inequality, female poverty, violence against women, complementarity, generativity and the female body.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has conducted a survey of American women between 15 and 44 who have taken opioids, and the results show how pervasive and dangerous the problem has become among pregnant women.
Low-risk, female inmates at Downtown Los Angeles’s Twin Towers jail design and deliver over 1,000 warm blankets to children who are sick or in foster care each year, just in time for the cold winter.
As the Islamic State (ISIS) continues attempting to expand its influence in the West, a new report from Spain’s ABC newspaper highlights the terrorist group’s increasing influence with women, as 20% of Spanish nationals captured trying to join the jihad in Syria and Iraq or already actively participating in it are women.
As women are becoming a more integral part of the workforce, the demand for their recognition across the board has also increased. The tech sector, in particular, has faced the feminists’ wrath. Recently, Apple has been targeted as a result
