Femicide, the killing of a woman or girl because of her gender, usually by a man, is the most extreme form of gender-based violence. The late South African feminist activist…
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Disparities in the treatment of women have widened across countries in the wake of the COVID-19, according to the third annual Women, Peace, and Security (WPS) Index. Georgetown University’s Institute for…
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The practice of female genital mutilation (FGM) is a form of violence against women and girls that has been around for more than a thousand years. While its origins are…
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Researchers have developed a new artificial-intelligence-based risk score that improves personalized care for female patients with heart attacks. Heart attacks are one of the leading causes of death worldwide, and…
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One thing few people have been talking about since Roe v. Wade was overturned is how abortion restrictions will affect young girls across the United States. Around the time of…
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The rate of violence against women has increased exponentially since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, while approximately 11 million girls are expected not to return to school in 2021 alone, millions more are…
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As part of its celebration of International Day of the Girl, the United Nations Foundation is working with partners to spotlight issues affecting the world’s girls, and what girls want…
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During a recent interview, farmer, activist, and Co-Founder of the Women, Food and Agriculture Network (WFAN) discussed the importance of cultivating women farmers’ leadership skills and including them in decision-making…
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Click here for more.When Rachel McMonagle went to Ukraine as an Agricultural Policy Research Fellow with the Fulbright Program back in 2013, she was excited to put the methodology she had learned studying…
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Academic stress weighs the heaviest on students who are nonbinary, female, or in their second year of college, a study finds. “This study shows that college students are not uniformly…
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I met Diana Hwang in 2009 in Boston at a convening hosted by a local donor seeking to launch a “pipeline” for women of color to run for and win…
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In January 2020, Kelly Gilbert felt as if her life was at a standstill. The new mom was suffering from postpartum depression. She had just resigned from her security job…