Speaking out about sexual abuse is not a political stunt
The female MPs walk out after John Key’s comments that Labour and the Green party were supporting rapists has hit a nerve with many people. For some there is confusion about these women's actions. As a...
View ArticleRepros Therapeutics Completes Randomization of Phase 2b Study of Vaginal...
THE WOODLANDS, Texas, Nov. 12, 2015 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Repros Therapeutics Inc.® (Nasdaq:RPRX) today announced it has completed randomization for its Phase 2b study of Proellex® in the treatment of...
View Article'End gender disparity in judicial appointments'
A women lawyers’ association has urged the Supreme Court to end gender disparity in judicial appointments citing that only one judge in the apex court and 62 of the total 611 judges in high courts were...
View ArticleSandra Bullock: Sexism in Hollywood ‘bigger than unequal pay’
Sandra Bullock is joining many of actresses in Hollywood that are speaking out against discrimination and the issue of unequal pay. Sandra Bullock is joining Jennifer Lawrence and Kate Winslet in...
View ArticleMedia and Marketing: On radio, sadly, testosterone talks
In a recent discussion about how the new gender quotas for political parties are playing out, Newstalk Breakfast Show presenter Chris Donoghue said, “Yes but when we look at minorities such as women,...
View ArticleCaitlyn Jenner may be a hero, but she's not immune to being wrong
Since coming out earlier this year, Caitlyn Jenner has gone from being a member of one of the world's most famous families, with little voice or vision of her own, to a transgender icon and...
View ArticleOver-The-Counter Pain Medication: The Latest Fertility Don't?
Infertility may be enough to give anybody a headache, but reaching for many types of common, over-the-counter pain relief medications may make it worse. According to a new new study, presented by...
View ArticlePETA’s Lawsuit Over a Monkey Selfie Copyright is Now Even More Bizarre
In September, the animal rights group PETA filed a lawsuit against photographer David Slater, arguing that the monkey who took a series of viral selfies with Slater’s camera in 2011 should be the...
View ArticleWomen who conquered macho world of Portuguese politics prepare for power
The female-led Left Bloc party is about to form a government, but now faces shockingly sexist attacks...
View ArticleRising obesity rates in the US: What’s working and what’s not?
The rate of obesity is still rising among US adults, despite assumptions that obesity rates had leveled off. Now almost 38 percent of adults are obese, compared to 32 percent a decade earlier,...
View ArticleJoanna Jȩdrzejczyk Praises UFC For Advancing Female Fighters
Just four years ago, Ultimate Fighting Championship president Dana White declared to a gaggle of TMZ cameras that he'd "never" include women in his mixed martial arts league. This weekend, in...
View ArticleThis Is What Can Happen When Men Talk About Gender Equality
Here's more proof that men are important allies in the movement for gender equality. As part of its #ThatsWhatHeSaid series, SoulPancake invited a diverse group of men to discuss catcalling, consent...
View ArticleCan alpha males 'lean in'?
(CNN)Can an alpha male "lean in"? Can a man who serves our country, in perhaps the most muscular of professions, accept -- without bias -- the woman fighting beside him? Secretary of Defense Ash Carter...
View ArticleThere's an all-female Ghostbusters – how about a male Thelma and Louise?
Hollywood is remaking male buddy movies with all-women casts – but the fact the opposite trick wouldn’t work shows masculinity is movies’ default setting...
View ArticleBecause he could need help too
Serious matters It is the elephant in the room; something that no one wants to address — male infertility. The problem could be anything from low sperm count to low motility of sperm and abnormal...
View ArticleFor Female New Zealand MPs, Debate Over Detainees Turns Personal
VOA News Several female lawmakers in New Zealand’s parliament had their microphones silenced and were ordered to leave the chamber this week after they stood to protest comments made during a heated...
View ArticleUS hospital to give women a uterus - and then take it away
Cleveland: Within the next few months, surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic expect to become the first in the United States to transplant a uterus into a woman who lacks one, so she can become pregnant and...
View ArticleSorry, Kate Winslet It May Be ‘Vulgar’ But We Do Need To Talk About Salary
Celebrities like Jennifer Lawrence have been speaking up about the shameful gap between what women and men make in Hollywood. But all that money talk is making fellow celebrity and British actor Kate...
View ArticleChrissy Teigen Is Experiencing The Nonsense Pregnant Women Put Up With Everyday
BY DANA NORRIS Sports Illustrated model Chrissy Teigen recently announced her pregnancy on Instagram, posting a�picture of her burgeoning baby bump. The caption read: "Somebody is early to the party"...
View ArticleDoctors are planning the first uterus transplant in the US — here's what that...
Women could soon receive a transplanted uterus just like a heart or liver organ donation. For women without a uterus, because they were born that way or because they had surgery to remove it, getting...
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