Gender

At the first-ever She The People presidential forum, eight Democratic candidates are facing the same basic question today in Houston: Why should women of color vote for them?

Local workshops focused on birth trauma and birth-worker training address some women’s desires for alternative, and better, experiences.

'The minute we vote on this, we open ourselves up to a lawsuit,' one school board member said.

Pa. House Speaker Turzai says he's protecting the special-needs community. Pro-choice advocates say he's chipping away at abortion rights.

Emboldened by the new conservative majority on the Supreme Court, anti-abortion lawmakers and activists in numerous states are pushing near-total bans on the procedure.

Across the nation, too, black mothers are three to four times more likely than white mothers to die from pregnancy-related complications.

Studies — like a 2017 one from the National Bureau of Economic Research — have shown that disparities have a lot to do with motherhood.

On Equal Pay Day, we discuss the gender wage gap and why women earn only 82 cents to every $1 that men make.

An all-time high of 84 percent of Americans believe women are just as suited emotionally for politics as men, according to results from the General Social Survey.

History was supposed to be made Friday when, for the first time, two female astronauts were scheduled to do a spacewalk together outside the International Space Station.

Anna Broomall broke gender barriers and worked to lower maternal and infant mortality rates.

Organizations like Planned Parenthood have also derided the initiative as a way to chip away at abortion rights.

Three women were honored with a prestigious award this week and it's likely they have no idea.

Approximately 300 to 350 women and girls attended the summit hosted by the Philadelphia Commission for Women.

The “Know Your Numbers” event coincided with release of a city report examining the health of black men and boys.