Urban planning has historically been framed around ‘very white male’ concepts. But with better, safer and more accessible public infrastructure, we can build woman-friendly cities.

The move toward nonprescription-based, over-the-counter birth control can be seen as a way to lessen some of the known barriers to birth control, including lack of insurance and cost. However, there have been some notable cases of pharmacists who have denied patients access to emergency contraception, also known as the “morning-after pill,” and prescriptions for medication abortion on the grounds of moral, ethical and religious beliefs.

Last month, a debate was kindled the Chinese social media site Weibo after a woman posted about her frustration with not being able to purchase period products while travelling on the country’s high-speed rail network. The reaction ranged from the opinion that feminine pads were "private items that women should prepare for themselves in advance" to the question “why can’t women just hold it in?”

Who shows up to cast a ballot and who is allowed to mark a ballot and have it counted will determine which candidates take office and what issues they focus on. The Conversation asked three scholars of different aspects of voter turnout for their insights as the election approaches.

While the most recent protests started with anger over the death of Mahsa (Zhina) Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish-Iranian woman, while in the custody of Iran's morality police, they represent a much wider movement that now poses the greatest threat the theocratic regime has faced since the 1979 revolution.

While TV portrayals of female leaders from history are not always guided by historical accuracy, popular fantasy, unencumbered by the competing priority of “getting it right,” can, in broad strokes, reflect the values of the medieval society that inspires it.

Since at least the 1970s, real estate agents and lenders have exploited the precarious financial positions of Black women and sold them mortgages on homes in poor condition. Today – 50 years later – these homes pose even greater health and safety risks to their owners than when they first bought them.

Lynn represented more than just star power and fame in country music – she spoke to the concerns of women, especially white working-class women in rural and suburban America.

The term “toxic masculinity” was obscure in the 1990s and early 2000s. But since around 2015, it has become pervasive in discussions of men and gender. So what does it mean?

Although many writers condemned the practice of men’s wearing female attire on stage, to them it was still preferable to having women become public spectacles on the professional stage.

Jane Bolin, Constance Baker Motley and Julia Cooper Mack laid the groundwork for the Supreme Court nominee.

On March 17, the world celebrates the feast day of St. Patrick, a zealous, fifth-century British bishop who became famous for spreading Christianity in Ireland. Patrick is Ireland’s main patron saint. But a fifth-century abbess is stepping out of the shadow of the better-known St. Patrick, and has finally received her own feast day.