Women secured critical progress in the Roman republic. Their rights were rolled back with the republic's collapse.

Over a 40-year period, up to 1989, the Soviet Union detonated 456 nuclear weapons in present-day Kazakhstan. A new ...

The goal is to create a society that sees violence against women as a collective moral failure.

Wicked,” the stage musical, took its first bow 22 years ago. The novel it's based on, “Wicked: The Life and Times of the ...

Daisy and Dylan walk to school carrying smart school bags. Threads are attached to Daisy’s bag – which is bulging at the seams – threatening to trip and slow her pace. Less visible ...

The following post was published on the Knowledge@Wharton website on January 16, 2013. Microfinance -- an approach to poverty based on providing small loans and other financial services to poor people ...

A temporary exhibition on patriarchy in Rome showcases sexist paradigms in Italy’s male-dominated and macho society where ...

In Pakistan, women find their place between reverence and repression. They are hailed as the “light of the home,” yet denied ...

Alaa Murabit is an award-winning medical doctor, global health and inclusive security strategist, social entrepreneur, and UN High Commissioner for Health, Employment, and Economic Growth. Ashoka’s ...

In response to “Hip Hop Dogmatism and Potential Problems for Political Organizing,” I have received two consistent criticisms: “You haven’t defined patriarchy,” and “You haven’t given us any solutions ...

Ms Ali said Fiji must stop pretending and finally admit that male power and male privilege are driving the country’s violence epidemic.

Sara Khaki and Mohammadreza Eyni’s precisely lensed film follows Sara Shahverdi, the first councilwoman in the history of her ...