As France's new asylum bill shows, seemingly gender-neutral policies in Europe and the U.S. have dire consequences for women in particular.

Militant suffragettes’ most important tactic was to turn women’s bodies—supposedly passive, pliant, and protected—into a battleground. 

Ireland's abortion ban has been in place for decades. But a new experiment in direct democracy might change that.

Vanessa Grigoriadis's new book 'Blurred Lines' was recently the subject of a media scandal. But is it any good?

Three women are taking the tech giant to court for a problem that should have been addressed by the tech giant or federal regulations long ago.

Both Donald Trump and Republican state legislatures want to limit women’s access to birth control. History shows that would be a huge mistake.

This week, women across the country will put down tools to give expression to a new kind of feminism.

When no one is arrested, it's often because no one wants to arrest them.

Voices from the Women’s March on Washington.

As he makes his case for Hillary Clinton, Obama has amped up his fight against sexism. It will have a lasting impact on gender equality in America.

American utopias weren’t always paradise, especially for the women who found themselves burdened by freedoms made by men.

In 1917, the editors of the New Republic bemoaned the media’s coverage of the first woman elected to Congress.

For women in the trucking industry, going to work can mean subjecting themselves to catcalling, harassment, rape, and a system built to deny them justice.