Women

Gender Equality Would Add 26%, or $28 Trillion, to Global GDP, Report Says

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Sep 26, 2015 A new report reveals that even though they make up half the population, women generate just 37 percent of world GDP. The potential gain from economic gender equality would roughly equal the U.S. and Chinese economies combined. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

U.S. House Votes to Defund Planned Parenthood

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Sep 18, 2015 The GOP-led bill, passed Friday on a 241-187 vote, would strip the women's health-care provider of its funding for contraception, pap smears and testing for sexually transmitted infections unless it ceases performing abortions. It is not expected to pass in the Senate, and President Obama has said he would veto any bill that blocks funding to the group. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Elizabeth Warren’s Furious Response to Republicans Who Are Trying to Roll Back Women’s Rights

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Aug 5, 2015 "Did you fall down, hit your head and think you woke up in the 1950s?" began the Massachusetts senator's angry address to her Republican colleagues on the Senate floor Monday. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Something’s Missing From Pope Francis’ ‘Radical’ Vision of Equality: Women

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jul 8, 2015 Despite his efforts to champion his constituency — the world’s poor, of which the vast majority are women — the pope tends to overlook the feminized nature of poverty and inequality. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Jessica Williams Tells Jon Stewart Why a Woman on a Bill Is No Big Deal

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jun 25, 2015 In a new segment for "The Daily Show," the ever-charming Jessica Williams argues that not only is the effort to put a woman on the $10 bill half-assed and way too late, the real issue we should be preoccupied with is the gender pay gap. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

VIDEO: Amy Schumer Asks Priest, Boss Whether Birth Control ‘Is Right’ for Her

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig May 5, 2015 In a sketch that starts off as a spoof of pharmaceutical commercials, the feminist humorist highlights just how many hoops conservatives expect women to jump through (including going all the way to the Supreme Court) in order to exercise their reproductive rights. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Founding Fathers Had Warm Relationships With Female Friends

Alexander Reed Kelly / Truthdig Feb 15, 2015 “Our nation’s first presidents had close, loving friendships with women—women who weren’t their wives or close relatives,” Cassandra Good, author of a book on the subject, writes at Smithsonian.com. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

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Zimbabwe Women Bear Brunt of Poverty

Edna Machirori / Truthdig Feb 11, 2015 Dig deeper ( 7 Min. Read )

Why the Midterm Elections Should Matter Especially to Women

Robert Reich / Truthdig Nov 3, 2014 If Republicans take over Congress on Tuesday, the economic position of women will take a major hit. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Should Women Be Charged With Murder for Giving Birth to Stillborns Due to ‘Fetal Harm’?

Staff / Truthdig Mar 19, 2014 Rennie Gibbs, a 16-year-old in Mississippi when she gave birth to a stillborn child, is facing life in prison for taking cocaine during her pregnancy. Hers is among a burgeoning number of cases in which women are prosecuted for allegedly endangering their unborn children. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Articles on Rape in the US Military

Col. Ann Wright / Truthdig Jul 11, 2012 Military sexual assault prevention and response policies, and the culture of violence against servicewomen are among the issues covered here . Dig deeper

Under the Shroud: Women and the Taliban

Staff / Truthdig Nov 29, 2006 The Feminist Majority's Lorraine Sheinberg created the 1999 documentary that first focused attention on the Taliban's brutal oppression of women in Afghanistan. It's worth another look now. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )