At Packed Utah Women’s Gymnastics Meets, Marketing Earns High Scores
The Utah gymnast Baely Rowe competing on the beam in a meet against Stanford last Saturday at the Huntsman Center. It drew more than 15,000 spectators.” SALT LAKE CITY —…
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Is Home Birth Ever A Safe Choice?
Though the proportion of pregnant women who choose to give birth at home in the United States is still very small — about 1 percent — the number is higher…
Former Congresswoman Says Male Senator Asked Her To Fetch Him A Cup Of Tea
Former Rep. Elizabeth Holtzman (D-N.Y.) said Wednesday that when she served in the House of Representatives in the late 1970s and early ’80s, Congress was a far more hostile place…
An Outspoken Voice for Women in Tech, Foiled by His Tone
Farhad Manjoo STATE OF THE ART Silicon Valley has lately come to the realization that it is not the meritocracy it has long pretended to be — at least not…
Unlocking ‘The Woman Code:’ 4 tips to know your value
There’s been plenty of talk of latewelcome discussion in my humble opinionabout equal pay for equal work. Academy Award winner Patricia Arquette sparked an online conversation and debate following her…
Anger after China’s Lunar New Year Gala mocks ‘manly’ women
One sketch depicted an overweight woman in her late-20s complaining about being unmarried. The punchline? Her brothers bring out a tall, slim female “goddess” to help their less attractive sister…
Anger after China’s Lunar New Year Gala mocks ‘manly’ women
That’s what Chinese activists are saying in a petition issued this week that calls for the cancellation of China’s annual Lunar New Year Gala, a state TV extravaganza viewed last…
From Studious Teenager to ISIS Recruiter
LONDON — Aqsa Mahmood’s family saw her as an intelligent and popular teenager who helped care for her three younger siblings and her grandparents at her home in Scotland. She…
Clinton, Dems embrace Arquette’s equal pay pitch
The comment was a hit in the moment, with Meryl Streep and Jennifer Lopez effusing their support. Now, likely 2016 presidential candidate Hillary Clinton, Labor Secretary Tom Perez and other…
InHerSight Allows Women To Anonymously Rate Past And Present Employers
“We’re improving the workplace by measuring it.” That’s the idea behind InHerSight, a platform where women can evaluate their employers and rate how female-friendly workplace environments are. The idea is…
Hillary Clinton: It’s Time For Wage Equality ‘Once And For All’
Hillary Clinton lamented the number of women in the fields of science, technology, engineering and math at a Silicon Valley women’s conference on Tuesday, and called for more action to…
Christine Lagarde Shares The Best Way To Overcome Failure
One of the biggest barriers both men and women face in their careers today is the internal struggle with past failures — but even the most accomplished individuals experience low…
7 Ways To Find A College That Will Make Your Feminist Heart Happy
Do you have a tendency to drop F-bombs when you talk? No, not that F-bomb. We mean “feminism”! While the definition of feminism continues to evolve and grow, it’s basically…
Sony Names Tom Rothman As Amy Pascal’s Replacement
Sony Pictures announced that Tom Rothman will be Amy Pascal’s replacement as chairman of Sony Picture Entertainment’s Motion Picture Group. Rothman is currently the chairman of TriStar Productions and ran…
The HPV Shot Doesn’t Encourage Women To Have Unsafe Sex, Suggests Yet Another Study
For some opponents of the HPV vaccination, the line of thinking goes like this: Give young women a shot to protect them from certain strands of the most common sexually…
30 Shiite Muslim men kidnapped in Afghanistan
The kidnappers took the men off the bus, but left women and children behind, said Abdul Khaliq Ayoubi, the governor of Shah Joythe district in Zabul province where the incident…
8 Women Share What It’s Like Switching To An IUD
Intrauterine devices are one of the most effective forms of reversible birth control, but few American women use them. That, however, is starting to change: The percentage of women using…
The IUD Is Getting More Popular In America. Here’s Why
A birth control method that works more than 99 percent of the time is making a comeback after all but disappearing from America in the 1980s and 1990s. The intrauterine…
These Are The Most Outstanding Women Of 2015. Who Gets Your Vote?
Welcome to the Top 99 Most Outstanding Women of 2015 voting! This year, we’re celebrating the beautiful, talented, glamorous and just plain kickass women whose achievements are shaping and defining…
Hollas Hoffman, 70, Finds New Calling Preaching To Transient Workers In The Oil Fields Of Texas
Maybe God knew the price of crude oil would fall so far so fast. Across Texas, drilling rigs would come down. The bust would leave behind disposal wells and empty…
Patricia Arquette Causes Controversy Telling ‘Gay People And People Of Color’ To Fight For Women’s Rights
Patricia Arquette used Hollywood’s biggest awards show as a platform to speak about something other than the Oscar she won: women’s equality. But backstage, when Arquette spoke about women’s rights…
Rescue Efforts Halted After Ferry Accident in Bangladesh
NEW DELHI — The authorities on Monday called off the search for survivors of a ferry accident in central Bangladesh, saying that 69 people, many of them women and children,…
How Women Reacted To The 2015 Oscars
Our Oscars drinking game involved taking a sip of wine every time a woman or person of color won in a gender neutral award category. Unfortunately, we ended the night…
Men support women’s rights in Turkey… by wearing miniskirts
The Twitter hashtag #OzgecanAslan prompted thousands of tweets, with many women posting photos of themselves clad in black. And in recent days, #ozgecanicinminietekgiy, translated as “wear a miniskirt for Ozgecan,”…
10 Worst Paying Jobs For Women
A full-time female employee earned 82.5% of what a man earned in 2014, up considerably from 1979, when women made an estimated 62% of what men did. While this is…
10 Worst Paying Jobs For Women
A full-time female employee earned 82.5% of what a man earned in 2014, up considerably from 1979, when women made an estimated 62% of what men did. While this is…
10 Worst Paying Jobs For Women
A full-time female employee earned 82.5% of what a man earned in 2014, up considerably from 1979, when women made an estimated 62% of what men did. While this is…
The 2015 Oscars Will Be Terrible For Women, As Usual
Entertainment award shows have a long way to go towards equal representation. According to the Women’s Media Center, the 2015 Academy Awards are no exception. In a look into this…
Monitoring group: 10 children killed by Syrian forces
In addition, at least four people including two women and two soldierswere killed and others injured during an explosion in the city of al-Qardaha in Lattakia province, the birthplace of…
10 Must-See Movies Made By Women In The Past Year
If you judged the world of film by the nominee pool for the 2015 Oscar’s award show, you might assume that most films are written, produced and directed by white…