The decline in women’s rights is measurable. In the 2025–26 Women, Peace and Security Index, Israel ranks 84 of 181 countries – behind Albania, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.

The call for greater diversity in leadership has grown louder, yet women remain underrepresented in political offices, particularly at the local government level. Despite making up more than half the ...

Beating, disrobing of veiled woman part of a pattern. Dec. 21, 2011 — -- The Egyptian army and security forces are targeting female protesters, subjecting them to violence, torture, sexual ...

When it comes to making history, women in southern Utah’s rustic Kane County have proven able over the years. In the latest chapter that is sure to add to the Kanab area’s storied past, Republican ...

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As Connecticut residents reflect on the legacy of the late Gov. M. Jodi Rell, top officials are also considering the progress of women over the past 50 years following the groundbreaking ...

Just a few years after the ratification of the 19th Amendment in 1920, several women were elected to lead the city of Winslow. From 1925 to 1927, the all-female government included Mayor Maud Duncan ...

A string of sexual misconduct scandals within Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez’s party is alienating the very group of ...

Shugufta, an elementary school teacher, earned around $300 per month under the previous Western-backed Afghan government. But after the Taliban seized power in 2021, the extremist group cut the ...