It seems like a no-brainer: People should get paid the same for the same work. So why do women around the world still have to fight so hard for that? U.S. Representative Hillary Scholten of Michigan speaks during a news conference outside the U.S. Capitol to call for...
An invisible glue holding the universe together and launching telescopes into orbit: Those ideas came from women who elbowed their way into astronomy. Vera Rubin and other astronomers work on a telescope at Lowell Observatory in 1965. (Photo courtesy of Carnegie...
Women use cities differently than men but their needs have largely been ignored in urban planning. That’s starting to change. Two women walk in a city. (Photo by FilippoBacci/Getty Images Signature) Editor’s note: On 8 March 2026, millions of people around...
February 20 is World Day of Social Justice. Around the globe, the majority of people accept that some have less while others have more. How does that play out? A woman holds a sign looking for a job in front of a Gucci store. (Illustration by News Decoder) On 20...
For 50 years, the Colgate Women’s Games have given women and girls of all ages the chance to show the world what they’ve got. Athletes compete during the annual Colgate Women’s Games at the Nike Track & Field Center at The Armory in New York, 1...
Around the world, data shows that girls do better in school when there are no boys in the class. Students hold up their hands in a class. (Illustration by News Decoder) This article, by high school student Bryce Cohen was produced out of News Decoder’s school...
From Olympic racers to WNBA ballers, women are now getting the fandom and respect they have long deserved. For girls getting into the game? It’s just a start. Chicago Sky guard Arella Guirantes moves the ball against Brazil forward Ayla McDowell in a WNBA...
It’s been a decade-long journey from film school to red carpet for Mumbai director Payal Kapadia. If you want to follow her path she’s got some advice. Director Payal Kapadia at 2024 Cannes Film Festival for the world premiere of the film “All We...
Some believe the business of surrogacy commodifies women. Does everyone have the right to a biological baby or does surrogacy violate the rights of the child? 3D image of a human fetus inside a womb. (Credit: digitalgenetics/Getty images) This article was produced...
It wasn’t too long ago that a woman wouldn’t dine alone in the United States. Two women decided to change that by opening their own restaurant. A notice once on the wall of Bread and Roses now housed at the The Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on...