Women's Rights

A year ago, Lina says her parents took her to Yemen because her grandmother was gravely ill. But when the family arrived, Lina's father announced that she would be getting married to a local man.

Thousands Of Young Women In U.S. Forced Into Marriage

8:13pm May 03, 2015

by Jennifer Ludden

Sometimes the women aren't allowed to leave their homes. Some commit suicide. Many have little recourse, advocates say, because current laws are ill-equipped to address this hidden crisis.

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Some Companies Fight Pay Gap By Eliminating Salary Negotiations

10:56am April 23, 2015

by Yuki Noguchi

Women are often less assertive when it comes to negotiating salaries and raises. Some firms are trying to neutralize the disparity by refusing to negotiate salaries. But will that hurt recruitment?

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Anne Marie Goetz: "I wish we could bottle the spirit of the [Beijing] meeting."

World News

The View From A Muddy Field In China: Women's Rights, In 1995 And Now

6:44pm March 13, 2015

by Nurith Aizenman

Anne Marie Goetz was one of 47,000 who attended the landmark Beijing conference. Twenty years later, she thinks it might be risky to hold an event like that today.

A view of the eastern entrance to the Ohio Statehouse.

States Aim To Restrict Medically Induced Abortions

5:08pm March 12, 2015

by Jennifer Ludden

One in four abortions is induced with medications rather than a surgical procedure. But the process faces a growing number of legal restrictions, including a law in Ohio.

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After years of being treated like she's not there, Mindy Kaling realizes she just might be invisible.

Mindy Kaling's Super Bowl Ad: Are Indian Women Invisible?

11:29am February 02, 2015

by Rhitu Chatterjee

In a commercial, the comedian pretends no one can see her. One Indian journalist wonders if there's more to the ad than selling insurance.

Politics & Government

11th "Moral Monday" Focuses on Women's Rights

10:17pm July 16, 2013

About 100 protesters are facing charges for demonstrating outside the North Carolina Senate in the latest of what have become weekly protests against Republican policies. More than two-thirds

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