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The Supreme Court will examine Trump administration regulations that allow employers to claim exemptions to the contraceptive insurance coverage mandate in the Affordable Care Act. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP Photo)
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Health

Supreme court takes up birth-control conscience case

The U.S. Supreme Court says it will consider whether employers should be allowed to opt-out of providing contraceptive coverage to their workers because of morals or religion.

5 years ago

Think you're too young for menopause? Women in their 30s can enter perimenopause, the process leading up to menopause. Here's what you need to know about it. (Katherine Streeter for NPR)
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Health

Menopause can start younger than you think: Here’s what you need to know

Sarah Edrie says she was about 33 when she started to occasionally get a sudden, hot, prickly feeling that radiated into her neck and face, leaving her flushed and breathless.

5 years ago

Downingtown East High School students Chloe Baumann, Hope Hessler, Megan Beale, and Gabbi Chacko traveled to Philadelphia to attend the Women's March. (Becca Haydu for WHYY)
Community

‘We cannot wait:’ Philly area youth tackle gun violence, climate change at this year’s Women’s March

For many young people at the march, it was about showing the lawmakers and other people in power that they’re galvanized and ready for change.

5 years ago

New Jersey Assembly chambers. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
The Why
Politics & Policy

How #MeToo finally came to N.J. politics

New Jersey lawmakers are promising a "culture change" after 20 women in state politics shared their stories of being groped, harassed and even raped.

Air Date: January 16, 2020

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Philadelphia Museum of Art (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Erie museum director departs after reports of inappropriate behavior at Philadelphia Museum of Art

The Erie Art Museum's board says it's cut ties with its executive director, days after a newspaper said he had dated and made advances toward women he worked with.

5 years ago

Women got the lion's share of new jobs in December and now outnumber men on U.S. payrolls. This unusual situation reflects the growth of industries like health care where women dominate. (John Minchillo/AP Photo)
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Community

Women now outnumber men on U.S. payrolls

Job growth slowed last month as U.S. employers added just 145,000 jobs. But there was an interesting milestone in Friday's report from the Labor Department.

5 years ago

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Health

7 women’s health topics we need to talk about in 2020

We asked outspoken doctors and health advocates to give us their Top 7 messages to women for 2020. Here's what they said.

5 years ago

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Politics & Policy

Murphy approves $9.5 million for Planned Parenthood, other N.J. women’s health organizations

Murphy hopes to supplant lost federal funding with state money as Title X Trump lawsuit continues.

5 years ago

(photo credit, David Goddard)
Radio Times
Arts & Entertainment

Kiley Reid’s “Such a Fun Age”

Kiley Reid’s debut novel Such a Fun Age, is receiving wide praise for being both a page-turner and a book that tackles the weighty issues of race and class.

5 years ago

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Director Kathryn Bigelow poses backstage with the Oscar for best achievement in directing for
Arts & Entertainment

Pop culture in 2010s marked gains in diversity, inclusion

In the decade drawing to a close, the conversation about diversity and inclusion moved to the front burner of our popular culture as never before.

5 years ago

U.S. astronaut Christina Koch set a new record Saturday, Dec. 28, for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, breaking the old mark of 288 days with about two months left in her mission. (Dmitri Lovetsky/AP Photo)
Science

U.S. astronaut sets record for longest spaceflight by a woman

A U.S. astronaut set a record Saturday for the longest single spaceflight by a woman, breaking the old mark of 288 days with about two months left in her mission.

5 years ago

Liese Siegenthaler (left) and Maggie Feldman-Piltch attended the recent conference. (Rachel Treisman/NPR)
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Community

From a hashtag to a movement: #NatSecGirlSquad empowers women in national security

Dozens of national security specialists clustered inside a Washington hotel, warming up with coffee and checking out booths set up by intelligence agencies.

5 years ago

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Arts & Entertainment

Carmen Maria Machado: “In a Dream House”

Writer Carmen Maria Machado discusses her memoir. "In a Dream House" about her abusive relationship with another woman writer.

Air Date: December 17, 2019 10:00 am

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Former President Barack Obama says of men who stay too long in power,
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Community

Barack Obama says women could solve many of world’s problems — which men have caused

The world would be a better place if more women were in charge, former President Barack Obama says.

6 years ago

Students in Alice Henshaw's Wilderness Medical Associates CPR training course can practice on a Womanikin, designed to help trainees understand that compressions should be performed the same way on women's bodies as men's. (Courtesy of Alice Henshaw)
NPR
Health

Meet the Womanikin, the breasted vest working to close the CPR gender gap

When students in wilderness EMT Alice Henshaw's training courses grab practice dummies for CPR drills, they have their choice of traditional or different training.

6 years ago

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