The candidate's struggles reminded female politicians in Germany that even after 16 years of Angela Merkel, the country has a long way to go.

The 2022 gubernatorial election could shift the female balance of power between the parties.

Their absence could hurt the broader U.S. economy, so policymakers are weighing ways to help them return to work.

Calls to expand the draft to include women have grown in recent years, particularly after the Pentagon opened all combat roles to women in 2015.

As vaccinations become more widespread and cases drop, policy makers are debating where the job market goes from here: Where will new jobs come from? What’s the future of working from home? With automation accelerating, which jobs are most vulnerable?

Four of the largest newsrooms in D.C.—the Washington Post, Politico, the New York Times’ Washington Bureau and Vox—are run by women. And after four chaotic years of Donald Trump and a pandemic year that made us rethink how we work, these leaders will chart the way forward for journalism in the new Washington.

Eight leading news agencies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland which supply news to major media outlets across the German-speaking world said they would be more sensitive when it comes to discriminatory language.

The Paycheck Fairness Act would require employers to demonstrate that any gap in pay between a man and a woman was due to job performance rather than gender.

Nine Black women mayors now lead big cities, a historic high. All hold office in the midst of a deadly pandemic that has laid bare systemic inequities — and only heightened demands for police reform. But in the wake of the George Floyd protests, the mayors of Atlanta, Chicago and D.C. were challenged perhaps more than any others.

At OkCupid and other dating apps, moderators are expected to resolve customer claims of sexual assault in minutes — and with no special training.

The Post made history this week by appointing its first female executive editor. But why did the newspaper have to look outside its own ranks for a woman to lead the newroom?