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Gender

Wit López incorporates knitted basketballs, a crocheted hoop and self portraits into their work for ''(re)FOCUS 2024,'' which celebrates the 50th anniversary Philadelphia Focuses on Women in the Visual Arts.
Arts & Entertainment

50 years later, (re)Focus brings women artists back into galleries across Philadelphia

A landmark, city-wide feminist art exhibition from 1974 is reborn and updated for 2024.

2 years ago

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University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia
Education

Former Penn interim president Claire Fagin, 1st woman to lead an Ivy League institution, dies at 97

Fagin, longtime dean of the university's school of nursing, served as interim president of the University of Pennsylvania from July 1993 through June 1994.

2 years ago

Cherelle Parker speaking at a podium during a panel discussion
Community

‘It doesn’t mean they weren’t transformational’: Philly event celebrates women of the Civil Rights Movement

Hosted by WHYY and NewCORE, the panel discussion sought to highlight the significant contributions made by these often unheralded figures.

2 years ago

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Studio 2

How to Keep a 2024 Resolution, Healthier Winter Skin, Dignity for Incarcerated Women

From working out, to finding a new hobby, to saving money, and cutting back on screen time, we'll talk about forming new habits and setting practical goals for 2024.

Air Date: January 3, 2024 12:00 pm

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Sonya Chalil (center) jumps between, Kirby White (left) and Bella Franks (right) during practice with Texas Fury, an all-girls flag football select travel team,Sunday, Dec. 10, 2023, in Austin, Texas. Flag football's inclusion in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles only enhances the profile of a sport that's growing by leaps and bounds on the women's side. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Community

Flag football gives female players sense of community, scholarship options and soon shot at Olympics

Flag football’s inclusion in the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles only enhances the profile of a sport that’s growing by leaps and bounds on the women’s side.

2 years ago

Amanda Zurawski is the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit filed by the Center for Reproductive Rights against Texas. Here, she arrives at the Austin courthouse where a hearing was held on July 20. SUZANNE CORDEIRO/AFP via Getty Images
NPR
Courts & Law

20 women are now suing Texas, saying state abortion laws endangered them

7 women who were denied reproductive health care in Texas have joined an ongoing lawsuit.

2 years ago

This illustration provided by NASA depicts the OSIRIS-REx spacecraft at the asteroid Bennu. On Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023, the spacecraft droped off rubble it grabbed from the asteroid Bennu, closing out a seven-year quest. (Conceptual Image Lab/Goddard Space Flight Center/NASA via AP, File)
Studio 2

Investigating An Asteroid, Comedian Nicole Byer, New Jersey Election Update

NASA scientists are studying space rock samples that returned to earth after a 7 year journey. Plus, Nicole Byer’s dating advice and the latest on hotly contested NJ races.

Air Date: November 1, 2023 12:00 pm

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Claudia Goldin speaks to a reporter on the phone in her home in Cambridge, Mass. after learning that she received the Nobel Prize in Economics, Monday, Oct. 9, 2023.
NPR
Community

Economics Nobel Prize goes to Claudia Goldin, an expert on women at work

Goldin has won the 2023 Nobel Prize in Economics for her research on women in the labor market. She studies the causes of the persistent pay gap between men and women.

2 years ago

Philadelphia's Center City skyline
Money

Men still control 73% of board seats of Philly region’s biggest publicly traded companies

There are only three women CEOs at the top 100 publicly traded companies in the Philadelphia region, according to a PwC analysis for the Forum of Executive Women.

2 years ago

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Senator Diane Feinstein speaking to reporters
Politics & Policy

Diane Feinstein, the ‘Year of the Woman,’ and the evolving landscape of Pa. politics

From Diane Feinstein and Barbara Boxer to Lynn Yeakel and Madeline Dean, Dave Davies casts a throughline from 1992 to the present.

2 years ago

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Haley Van Voorhis' play led to an incomplete third-down pass by the Juniata quarterback on Saturday. Shenandoah went on to win, 48-7.
NPR
Community

Haley Van Voorhis makes NCAA football history as the 1st female non-kicker player

The safety, a junior at Shenandoah University in Winchester, Va., was tapped to play Saturday against Juniata College during a Division III game.

2 years ago

Syringes with vaccines are prepared at the L.A. Care and Blue Shield of California Promise Health Plans' Community Resource Center where they were offering members and the public free flu and COVID-19 vaccines Oct. 28, 2022, in Lynwood, Calif. Updated COVID-19 vaccines in the latter half of 2023 come just in time to pair them with flu shots. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Studio 2

New COVID-19 Boosters, Earworms, Women’s Rights in Afghanistan

New COVID-19 vaccine recommendations come out Tuesday. We hear from Dr. Paul Offit, a member of the FDA advisory panel, about the latest guidelines released by the CDC.

Air Date: September 13, 2023 12:00 pm

Listen 49:26
Triple Bottom Brewing at 9th and Spring Garden
Community
Billy Penn

Woman-owned Philly brewery celebrates 4 years of survival through collaboration

Triple Bottom Brewing, a certified B Corp with a do-good mission, is hosting five days of pop-ups and parties.

2 years ago

Spain soccer federation President Luis Rubiales speaks during a news conference in Nyon, Switzerland, on Oct. 5, 2022. (Gabriel Monnet/AFP via Getty Images)
NPR
Community

Luis Rubiales resigns as head of Spain’s soccer federation

The embattled president of Spain's soccer federation has left his job. A furor arose after he kissed a star player on the mouth after the Women's World Cup final.

2 years ago

A woman holds up a sign with a message that reads in Spanish;
Courts & Law

Mexico’s Supreme Court decriminalizes abortion nationwide

The sweeping decision comes amid a trend in Latin America loosening restrictions on abortion even as access has been limited in the United States.

2 years ago

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