News & Commentary about Women's Rights

Today, gender bias continues to create huge barriers for many women. Ongoing struggles include ensuring equal economic opportunities, educational equity, and an end to gender-based violence.

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Department of Defense Photo: Female Soldiers in Combat

Apr 23, 2015

Shifting Deadlines, Shifty Numbers: The Pentagon’s Messy Process for Removing the Ban on Women in Combat

Notre Dame Dome - Flickr Image by Dan Dzurnisi

Apr 21, 2015

The Fighting Irish Shouldn’t Pick a Fight with Women’s Equality

Mar 26, 2015

Half a Century Later, Mad Men's Peggy Olson Is Still Waiting for Paycheck Fairness

Mar 25, 2015

Supreme Court Delivers Fairness to Pregnant Workers in UPS Case

American women sitting in front of the capitol building

Mar 11, 2015

Fairness for Workers Laboring in the Shadows

Mar 6, 2015

The Legacies of Slavery and Jim Crow Live on With Exclusion of Home Health Care Workers from Fair Labor Laws

Mar 4, 2015

5 Takeaways After Watching 'The Hunting Ground,' the New Documentary on Campus Sexual Violence

Mar 3, 2015

Reproductive Rights Shouldn't Be Just for the Rich

Mar 2, 2015

Thank You Illinois Bar Examiners for Accommodating My Need to Pump During the Test and Extending It to All Nursing Mothers

Feb 26, 2015

New Mom Who Needed to Pump During Bar Exam Would Not Take 'No' for an Answer