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By Christopher Dawson (CNN)Across the US, obesity rates have risen and life expectancy has declined. Our national health crisis has been especially dire for African-American women. Nearly half have […]

By BBC news Image copyrightKOREA FUTURE INITIATIVEImage captionThe trade of North Korean women in China is said to be worth $100m a year for criminal […]

Pro-choice groups see an increase in donations and are mobilizing supporters and resources in several states to combat the laws By Adrian Hortonand Amanda Holpuch  Women […]

At least seven pregnancy discrimination lawsuits have been filed in eight years. TIMOTHY B. LEE Enlarge / A woman works at a packing station at the 855,000-square-foot […]

By Kathleen Toner, CNN Mekelle, Ethiopia (CNN)When Freweini Mebrahtu got her period at age 13, she panicked. “I was terrified,” she said. “And I remembered […]

By Marianna Karakoulak Following last year’s hunger strike by women asylum-seeker detainees in Yarl’s Wood in the UK, DW looks at the impact of the country’s […]

By BBC News Image copyrightSCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARYImage captionProlonged disorders of consciousness are usually caused by a sudden brain injury A woman from the United Arab […]

Q&A: Melinda Gates on new book, lifting up impoverished women and marriage with Bill Andrea Mandell  USA TODAY Melinda Gates is getting personal. In her new […]

Aziza’s story reflects the growing number of violent public assaults on women deemed to be in breach of sharia law in Afghanistan Global development is […]

By BBC Photographers at female-run non-profit Lensational have explored the untold stories of women in Africa making a living from environmental preservation. The plastic collector […]