As the administration ponders the very real possibility of becoming the newest addition to the "graveyard of empires", there is one aspect of Afghan society everyone seems to have forgotten: the women.
My lady sensibility is limited to menstruation (hilarious), babies (adorable), and unicorns mating (adorably hilarious).
For years, Republicans have attacked women's health care policy every chance they have gotten. Of course, you start to expect this kind of behavior from a party whose caucus is 90% male.
The health care reform bill passed by the House last week is a major blow to pro-life causes everywhere.
Women on Waves employs often radical methods to increase global awareness and access to safe abortion, with a focus on medical abortion using the drug misoprostol.
Our message is clear: we will not support any final bill that restricts women's access to reproductive health services beyond current law.
The members of Congress who voted in support of the Stupak amendment sent a message to America's women: after more than 200 years we are still not full citizens of the United States.
The House passed an "historic" health care bill Saturday night - there was much celebration on the Democratic side and the proverbial wailing and gnas...
Artist Rachel Havnonian challenges viewers to think critically about the price we pay for beauty--both literally and figuratively.
Women's rights (which are, in fact, human rights) will never rise from a corrupt, fundamentalist government. We need to be supporting the voices of women to nurture change in Afghanistan.
The days of women's organizations being an appendage of the DNC must end immediately. Women have been taken for granted and speaking to one political party has led to defeat after defeat for causes important to women.
As Congress struggled to pass health care reform to improve the lives of America's families, anti-choice forces took advantage of the situation to mount yet another assault on abortion.
On Nov. 2 representatives from Honduran women's organizations presented a grim panorama of violations of women's human rights by the de facto regime l...
Nichlas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn's recent book "Half the Sky" is a call of awakening for all men and women to take action and right the wrongs existing in the world today because of gender inequality.
I didn't understand that strong, bold women give off an energy that threatens insecure people. We have to watch every word so we aren't misinterpreted. So, here are eight steps to be more effective.
A year from now, California will have elected its next governor. And as of today, we don't have a single Democratic candidate officially in the runni...
The women in When Everything Changed are gutsy, goal-setting, game-changing, God-chatting, family-loving individuals who share a belief in Change - and an enduring, if irrational love of sexy shoes.
Women are much more powerful than they were forty years ago. But they are stressed, anxious, and not as happy. Why?
All that Afghanistan needs is more troops, according to the Krauthammer crew. Well, yesterday, Sen. Levin, the last to speak at the event, made a point of putting them in their place.
Due to the current military state of affairs since June, the World Bank has now completely "paused its lending" to Honduras. This means that numerous humanitarian programs aimed at helping women and children have been completely stopped.
Without enough women, some Indian girls from poor areas are being sold as wives to higher caste men. Often these girls service more than one male and are kept essentially as sex slaves.
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