(New York, August 12, 2026) – Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have forcibly disappeared six staff members of the nongovernmental group Women and Children Legal Research Foundation (WCLRF) for nearly a month, Human Rights Watch said today.
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The U.S. Postal Service (USPS) issued a new stamp late last month honoring 19th-century writer Sarah Orne Jewett—putting a woman whose work centered on female independence and unconventional lives, in
Texas’ highest criminal court on Thursday rejected an appeal from prosecutors seeking to reinstate the 2018 conviction of Crystal Mason, a Fort Worth woman sentenced to five years in prison for illega
"Feminism is positive, widely embraced and global. It is spreading and growing. That gives me hope." In one of her final interviews, the late Gloria Steinem discusses her new memoir and the optimism t
Press Release Dr. Heidi Overton’s nomination for Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration September 24, 2026 Share https://prh.org/press-releases/dr-heidi-overtons-nomination-for-commissioner-
This issue brief reviews the abortion-related initiatives currently slated to be on the ballot in November 2026 and examines how these measures may impact abortion access in several states.
Sophie Cunningham, Enes Kanter Freedom, Riley Gaines. Portia Burch talks the grifters who are cashing in on the WNBA’s imaginary trans problem. There’s no trans woman in the WNBA. And still, Sophie Cu
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