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Gender

Hundreds of men attend the 2019 Men's Health Initiative at the Enon Tabernacle Baptist Church Saturday in Northwest Philadelphia. (Brad Larrison for WHYY)
Health

Encouraging black men to pay attention to their health

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

7 years ago

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Indian women hold protests against sexual violence. (Ajit Solanki/AP Photo, File)
Community
The Conversation

Women’s fight against sexual harassment didn’t start with #MeToo

While the success of #MeToo testifies to the power of social media, as a scholar who studies feminism, I know it’s not the first movement of its kind.

7 years ago

Philadelphia singer-songwriter Birdie Busch at her home studio in Germantown. Busch wrote eight original songs inspired by the art of women in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and will perform them Friday night at the museum. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Arts & Entertainment

Women artists celebrated in song at Philly Museum of Art

Birdie Busch will perform a suite of songs based on female artists in the collection of the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

7 years ago

A billboard built by sex education advocates outside Mexico’s National Population Council office, in Mexico City, warns that ‘being a mother is not child’s play.’ (Rebecca Blackwell/AP Photo)
Health

Abortions rise worldwide when U.S. cuts funding to women’s health clinics, study finds

Researchers have found that the global gag rule has actually made women in sub-Saharan Africa twice as likely to have an abortion.

7 years ago

In this Friday, March 8, 2019 photo provided by the United Nations, Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka, third from right, executive director of UN Women, speaks at the United Nations Observance of International Women's Day at the United Nations headquarters. (Eskinder Debebe/The United Nations via AP)
Politics & Policy

Head of UN Women: Technology revolution must benefit women

She said the biggest challenge in implementing the U.N. goal of achieving gender equality by 2030 is the need to accelerate the pace and scale-up action.

7 years ago

Bebashi Prevention Navigator Keisha Gabbidon (left) helped Tamika Warren (right) protect herself against AIDS with PrEP, a medication typically only offered to gay men. (Emma Lee/WHYY)
Health

Philadelphia wants to get the HIV prevention pill to women most at risk

A local prevention-navigation supervisor says the drug “has not been marketed to women, to African-American women, as a priority.”

7 years ago

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NPR
Community

Afghan Ambassador Roya Rahmani: ‘We will not be going back to the time prior to 2001’

Afghanistan has come too far in the last 17 years to regress, she emphasizes.

7 years ago

United States' Tobin Heath, (second from right), is congratulated on her goal by Mallory Pugh (11), Megan Rapinoe and Alex Morgan (13) during the first half of a SheBelieves Cup soccer match against Brazil Tuesday, March 5, 2019, in Tampa, Fla. (Mike Carlson/AP Photo)
Money

Women’s national soccer team players sue for equal pay

The players are seeking equal pay and treatment, in addition to damages including back pay. The complaint was filed on International Women's Day.

7 years ago

The homeless women staying at Fernwood East found a safe-haven at the shelter, but they are scheduled to be kicked out on March 28. (Pixabay)
Community
Broke In Philly

Outside looking in: Women fight eviction date from local homeless shelter while men’s side stays open

Tanya Curry first slept in a homeless shelter when she was in her early 20s and had her 5-year-old son alongside her. Today at 46, she is alone and once again homeless.

7 years ago

Producer Melissa Berton (center) and director Rayka Zehtabchi (right) accept an Oscar for their documentary 'Period. End of Sentence.' (Kevin Winter/Getty Images)
NPR
Health

A ‘period’ movie won the Oscar! So why are some menstrual health experts ambivalent?

Some quibble with the "a period should end a sentence – not a girl's education" trope:

7 years ago

University of Pennsylvania sophomore, Claire Sliney is  up for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Short for her work on “Period. End of Sentence.”  (Eric Sucar/University of Pennsylvania Communications)
Arts & Entertainment

Penn sophomore could win an Oscar, ‘Period. End of Sentence.’

Claire Sliney wants to destigmatize periods with the film, “Period. End of Sentence.” The Penn sophomore made the documentary with friends while she was still in high school.

7 years ago

Hannah Beachler, pictured here in February 2018, is the first African-American nominated for an Oscar for production design. (Valerie Macon/AFP/Getty Images)
NPR
Arts & Entertainment

She designed Wakanda — and might win an Oscar for it

Hannah Beachler is the first African-American ever nominated for the award in production design. She helped create the cinematic world of Wakanda.

7 years ago

Flutist Elizabeth Rowe, performing as a soloist with the Boston Symphony Orchestra in 2016. (Winslow Townson/Courtesy of the Boston Symphony Orchestra)
NPR
Money

Top flutist settles gender pay-gap suit with Boston Symphony Orchestra

Elizabeth Rowe was among the first women to file a gender pay-equity claim under the Massachusetts Equal Pay Act.

7 years ago

Protected time for new families could pay health dividends later. (Jacob Lund/Shutterstock)
Health

Paid family leave is an investment in public health, not a handout

How does the stress of a rapid return to work affect parents, and in turn, cost society as a whole?

7 years ago

Ann Addis, Temple University clinical instructor and speech pathologist, (right) demonstrates how pitch is measured in the lab. (Kimberly Paynter/WHYY)
Health

Temple voice therapy program speaks to transgender women

Hormones that help with transition don’t change the pitch of the voice, but vocal therapy programs like the one at Temple University's College of Public Health can.

7 years ago

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