Women and Girls

A dearth of child care and elder care choices is causing many women to reorganize their working lives and prompting...

MOTHERS DON’T, by Katixa Agirre, translated by Katie WhittemoreMidway through “Mothers Don’t,” by the Basque author Katixa Agirre, two mothers,...

The warring gangs took over several neighborhoods around Port-au-Prince weeks ago, going door to door, raping women and girls, killing...

Where can you get an abortion?These states are expected to preserve or expand access: Alaska, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Hawaii,...

When Heba Abo Elkheir was a little girl, she dreamed of becoming a lawyer, maybe even a judge. After earning...

Maybelle Blair walked into a sporting goods store in her early 90s with a mission: to try on a pair...

KYIV, Ukraine — Every day, Viktoriya has to walk past the house where she was raped by a Russian soldier...

Why a culture that has bred cynicism and placed a premium on the performance of virtue is in need of...

As the United States has grappled with the unfolding consequences of the Supreme Court’s decision overruling Roe v. Wade, one...

“In low-wage sectors, this is going to become one of those issues where people are leaving low-paying jobs for slightly...