From catcalls to murder: What female joggers face on every run

It happened to her during a jog on her college campus just after noon local time. The van's driver had both his hands outstretched, holding a phone sideways, pointed directly at her as he took photos.

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Why Men Quit and Women Don’t

This year’s Boston Marathon, with its horizontal rain and freezing temperatures, wasn’t just an ordeal unfolding amid some of the worst weather in decades. It was also an example of women’s ability to persevere in exceptionally miserable circumstances.

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Sweden Gives 'We Should All Be Feminists' To Every 16-Year-Old Student

Sweden has distributed author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's feminist manifesto, "We Should All Be Feminists," to every 16-year-old student in the country. The Swedish Women's Lobby partnered with other groups to launch the initiative on Dec.

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In Houston, Hate Trumped Fairness

Sometime in the near future, a transgender teenager in Texas will attempt suicide — and maybe succeed — because vilifying people for their gender identity remains politically acceptable in America. The hateful rhetoric of leaders like Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas and Lt. Gov.

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Survey: 100% of Parisian Women Have Been Sexually Harassed in Subway

A survey of 600 women living in two Paris suburbs found that all of them reported being sexually harassed while riding the subway. All of them. One hundred percent. Alternate headline: Get Ahold of Yourselves, Frenchmen.

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Listen to the Powerful, Firsthand Stories of Mexican Women Fighting Against Sexual Harassment

In the fall of 2012, Brooklyn-based artist Tatyana Fazlalizadeh launched "Stop Telling Women to Smile," a project featuring posters with the faces of real women exposed to street harassment, oftentimes in the form of catcalling, paired with powerful quotes underneath.



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Republican Push To Promote Women Stumbles As White Guys Sweep Committee Chairs

WASHINGTON -- Republicans, stung by perceptions that they are the party of old white men, have gone out of their way since the election to give more prominence to women in the party.



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