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Gender

Solomon Jones speaking at a podium at the event.
Community

WHYY ‘Black Men in Media’ summit tackles stereotypes, diversity in media

At WHYY’s day-long event, experienced Black journalists shared their career insights on shifting media narratives about the Black community.

12 months ago

Listen 1:35
A decanter on display at the exhibit.
Arts & Entertainment

Here’s mud in your eye: Whiskey decanters warp historic masculinity at Philly’s Museum of the American Revolution

John Wind’s kitschy send-up of Revolutionary War heroes pokes holes in the masculine image at the Museum of the American Revolution.

12 months ago

Those enjoying the LadyBug Music Festival sat at one of the festival's designated rest spots, where food vendors await, during the 2023 event. (Courtesy of Moonloop Photography)
Arts & Entertainment

Ladybug Music Festival returns to Wilmington to empower women in music and address gender inequality

The annual festival returns Friday with a lineup of more than 30 women artists spanning the genres of hip-hop, R&B, rock and country.

1 year ago

Listen 1:12
John Jarboe'
Arts & Entertainment

A rose by another name: A fantasy about in-utero cannibalism comes to Philly’s Fabric Workshop

The immersive, interactive installation “Rose Garden” is a genderqueer fantasy of in-utero cannibalism.

1 year ago

Friends at a bar
Community
Billy Penn

Cultivating spaces for queer women in Philly

While a South Philly couple works to open a lesbian bar amid the “straight-ification” of queer spaces, traveling lesbian bars and WLW groups keep the sapphic scene alive.

1 year ago

Mae Krier
Community

Levittown resident to accept Congressional Medal of Honor on behalf of World War II–era ‘Rosie the Riveters’

The women of World War II who inspired the now-iconic “Rosie the Riveter” movement will be awarded the long-overdue honor Wednesday.

1 year ago

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Ultimate Frisbee
Community
Billy Penn

Philadelphia Surge season arrives with aim of growing opportunities for women and nonbinary athletes

The ultimate disc team hopes to build on its inaugural season both growing its fan base and extending its play into the postseason.

1 year ago

Freed-Hardeman guard Quan Lax
Community

NAIA approves transgender policy limiting women’s sports to athletes whose biological sex is female

The governing body for mostly small colleges, covering about 83,000 athletes across the U.S, is believed to be the first college sports organization to take such a step.

1 year ago

5 women posing for a photo together
Education

Philly teen girls get life lessons from successful Black women at Women’s History Month luncheon

Students from el Centro de Estudiantes and Vaux Big Picture High School were inspired by community leaders and discussed mental health, education and societal stereotypes.

1 year ago

Listen 1:21
An up-close look at a midwife performing an ultrasound.
Health

U.S. maternal mortality rates ‘not as bad as previously thought’ says Rutgers epidemiologist, researchers in new study

Researchers found a much lower mortality rate — 10.4 deaths per every 100,000 births — after investigating data collected by the CDC.

1 year ago

Listen 1:15
Philadelphia City Councilmember Quetcy Lozada at her desk at City Council chambers at City Hall
Politics & Policy

Philly behind on female City Council representation, report finds

With only seven of its 17 city council members being women, a new Pew report found Philadelphia is falling behind other major U.S. cities in terms of female representation.

1 year ago

Delaware House Speaker Valerie Longhurst
Politics & Policy

Groundbreaking House speakers in Delaware and Pennsylvania celebrate Women’s History Month

Women, including women of color, are holding leadership positions in state government in record numbers.

1 year ago

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Employees of Goodbody & Co. work at the stock brokerage's headquarters in Manhattan, N.Y., circa 1965.
NPR
Money

It’s Equal Pay Day. Women earn 84 cents for every dollar men make — or even less

Women working full time, year-round earn 84 cents for every dollar men make, inching up from 83.7 cents last year, according to the latest numbers from the Census Bureau.

1 year ago

Philadelphia City Councilmember Nina Ahmad.
The Pulse
Health

Philadelphia City Council holds hearing on maternal deaths and health disparities

The Committee on Public Health and Human Services marked International Women’s Day on Friday with a conversation about addressing inequities in local health care systems.

1 year ago

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The Little Free Library in Franklin Square
Arts & Entertainment

Little Free(dom) Library initiative extends through March celebrating Women’s History Month

The program aims to distribute 1,500 fiction and nonfiction books in the face of continued book bans across the country.

1 year ago

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