Three decades after the Beijing Platform for Action, the groundbreaking UN declaration that affirmed that women’s rights are human rights, the global movement for gender equality and women’s empowerment is under strain.

Photo: Getty Images (FilmPublicityArchive/United Archives, Sunset Boulevard/Corbis) Books Entertainment Movies As we live through spooky season—that is, the month of October, but also this historically bad period for women’s autonomy—let’s examine ...

LGBTQ Nation asked our elder readers to tell us how life has changed for LGBTQ+ people in the past decades, and we got a lot of responses! Here’s one of them. Cyndia, one of our readers, sent us a detailed explanation of what life was like growing up as ...

In a recent interview, Clinton described a "coordinated, deliberate effort to dismantle the progress toward women's equality," tying the decline in women's rights to a global rise in authoritarianism, reported by The New York Times. "This is an all-hands ...

It's not Women’s History Month, but is as good a time as any to talk about what is happening to women in America and women around the world. Why is this important? Because there is an insidious movement to throw women backward, taking children with them.

The implementation of KUHP and KUHAP risks reframing complex issues of health, protection and recovery as matters of moral compliance, rather than rights, evidence and public health.

In Peru, women’s rights exist in a strange paradox: on paper, we have the laws, the representation, and the international commitments that promise equality; in reality, our lives tell a different story. Political progress coexists alongside persistent ...

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