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FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2020, file photo, Dawn Wooten, left, a nurse at Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, speaks at a news conference in Atlanta protesting conditions at the immigration jail. The U.S. government has agreed temporarily not to deport detained immigrant women who have alleged being abused by a rural Georgia gynecologist who was seeing patients at the detention center, according to court papers filed Tuesday, Nov. 24. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File)
Courts & Law

U.S. agrees for now to stop deporting women who alleged abuse

The DOJ and lawyers for several of the women agreed that immigration authorities would not carry out any deportations until mid-January.

6 years ago

Vice President-elect Kamala Harris speaks Saturday, Nov. 7, in Wilmington
NPR
Politics & Policy

Elation, frustration: For women, Kamala Harris’ win is a big step, but long overdue

Some women tell NPR the election of the U.S.'s first female, and first woman of color is a move in the right direction. Others say it's a reminder of how much work lies ahead.

6 years ago

State Rep. Joanna McClinton in 2019, with constituents at the fall festival in her native Southwest Philadelphia. (Joanna McClinton/Facebook)
Politics & Policy
Billy Penn

There’s a Black woman leader in Harrisburg: Joanna McClinton makes history

The new Pa. House minority leader is a ‘fierce’ criminal justice advocate — and an ordained preacher.

6 years ago

Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., took it upon herself to help boost women's numbers in a party dominated by white men. (Jacquelyn Martin/AP Photo)
NPR
Politics & Policy

How a record number of Republican women got elected to Congress

The number of GOP women elected in 2020 pales in comparison with Democrats' numbers, but their increased representation may attest to the power of focused recruitment efforts.

6 years ago

Brick House, a sixteen-foot statue of a Black woman's head atop a domed pedestal.
Arts & Entertainment

A new ‘gateway’ sculpture: UPenn installs Black woman monument

“Brick House” by Simone Leigh draws attention to the importance of Black women in art and culture.

6 years ago

Heather Wilcox-Nicholls lost her job with Mattress Firm during the pandemic. She had been with the company for about five years and was about to take on a new store as a manager. (Krista Rossow for NPR)
NPR
Money

These women built careers in retail. The pandemic tore through their stores

Women hold the majority of jobs in clothing and department stores, gift and souvenir shops. Now thousands of stores have shuttered, leaving them jobless.

6 years ago

Visitors wait in line before a 2020 campaign rally for President Donald Trump on Dec. 10, 2019, at the Giant Center in Hershey, Pennsylvania. (Matt Smith for WITF/PA Post)
Radio Times
Politics & Policy

Battleground 2020: Western Pennsylvania and suburban women

We look at Trump's relationship with suburban women in the state and what the newest polls tell us about how western Pennsylvania will vote this election.

Air Date: October 30, 2020

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Illustration of mother holding father while two children vie for her attention
NPR
Community

Stuck-at-home moms: The pandemic’s devastating toll on women

Women have made great strides. But the uncomfortable truth is that in their homes, they're still fitting into stereotypical roles of doing the bulk of housework and parenting.

6 years ago

An illustration of doctors
NPR
Health

Female doctors spend more time with patients, but earn less money than men

Female physicians spend more time with each patient than male doctors do and their patients report higher satisfaction. But the extra time adds up and results in less money.

6 years ago

Anti-abortion-rights activists participate in the March for Life rally near the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 24. (Susan Walsh/AP Photo)
NPR
Courts & Law

A world without legal abortion: How activists envision a ‘post-Roe’ nation

With the confirmation of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, anti-abortion activists hope for a world where ending an unwanted pregnancy is not an option.

6 years ago

Philadelphia native Kristen Welker will moderate the presidential debate on Thursday. (Submitted)
Politics & Policy
The Philadelphia Tribune

Mom says Philly native Kristen Welker will be the perfect debate moderator

Kristen, who co-anchors “Weekend TODAY,” is the first Black woman to moderate a presidential debate since Carole Simpson in 1992.

6 years ago

Signs reflect the sentiments of the crowd at Saturday's We Dissent women's march in Philadelphia. (Katie Meyer/WHYY)
Politics & Policy

A newly energized Women’s March returns to Philadelphia

Four years after Trump’s election and the first Women’s March, feminists are taking to the streets again to protest the Supreme Court’s rightward shift.

6 years ago

Tarana Burke marches with others at the #MeToo March in the Hollywood section of Los Angeles in 2017
Community

On #MeToo anniversary, leaders say focus is on inequality

As the #MeToo movement marks its third anniversary, founder Tarana Burke is working to make sure it remains inclusive and reclaims its original intent.

6 years ago

Protesters on both sides of the abortion issue gather outside the Supreme Court in Washington on Jan. 19 during the March for Life. (Susan Walsh/AP)
Health

Tough questioning at hearing on Pa. ban of Medicaid funding for abortion

Lawyers argued whether the law violates of the state constitution’s Equal Rights Amendment or reflects just one sex-specific issue Medicaid does not cover.

6 years ago

Pennsylvania's Commonwealth Court
Health

Providers to argue Pa. ban on using Medicaid funds for abortions is illegal

Eight providers are suing the state’s Department of Human Services over the prohibition. Oral arguments are set for Wednesday in Commonwealth Court.

6 years ago

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