News & Commentary about Women's Rights

Today, gender bias continues to create huge barriers for many women. Ongoing struggles include ensuring equal economic opportunities, educational equity, and an end to gender-based violence.

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Mar 4, 2015

5 Takeaways After Watching 'The Hunting Ground,' the New Documentary on Campus Sexual Violence

Mar 3, 2015

Reproductive Rights Shouldn't Be Just for the Rich

Mar 2, 2015

Thank You Illinois Bar Examiners for Accommodating My Need to Pump During the Test and Extending It to All Nursing Mothers

Feb 26, 2015

New Mom Who Needed to Pump During Bar Exam Would Not Take 'No' for an Answer

Feb 18, 2015

UPS Does the Right Thing by Its Pregnant Employees

Feb 12, 2015

Myriad Genetics Relents on Gene Patents, But Will the Patent Office Stop Issuing Patents on Products of Nature?

Feb 10, 2015

Would You Like Some (More) Sexism With That?

Feb 5, 2015

A Free, Federal College Education - But Mostly For Men

Feb 3, 2015

Budgeting Away Women's Reproductive Rights

Feb 2, 2015

Firing a Mom Because She's Breastfeeding Is Sex Discrimination