(KAMPALA, Uganda) — Uganda’s parliament has approved a bill banning female genital mutilation. Minister of Ethics and Integrity James Nsaba Buturo said that the new law, passed without opposition late Thursday, could give offenders a life sentence. Female genital mutilation, also known as female...

Today is the day to speak up! Everyone deserves health care. Be sure your senator votes to cover women’s health care needs. Yesterday the Senate started debating their version of health care reform. Choice USA is organizing a National Call to Action tomorrow! Help make sure our senators take...

December 1 - World AIDS Day GENEVA — In its first study of women’s health around the globe, the World Health Organization said Monday that the AIDS virus is the leading cause of death and disease among women between the ages of 15 and 44. Unsafe sex is the leading risk factor in developing countries...

Khartoum, Sudan (AHN) – A female journalist from Sudan was fined $200 instead of being flogged by a court for indecency after she was caught wearing trousers in a restaurant in Khartoum in July. Lubna Ahmed al-Hussein, a United Nations press officer and employee of the leftist newspaper al-Sahafa,...

Some days it’s nice to think about progress. There is a great lure in thinking about it and I’m not saying progress is a bad thing. It is necessary and integral but it can also be deceptive. The difference between progress and crumbs being thrown your way can be a very fine line. A good example...

Forty performances, a film festival, an artisan/craft show and a full roster of workshops, parties and dances are all slated for one glorious week in August on 650 lush green acres in Michigan. This year’s line-up features Michigan’s signature combination of new blood and longtime beloveds,...

Editor’s Note: The original author of this piece, Linda McFarlane, is deputy executive director of Just Detention International The Michigan Department of Corrections (DOC) last week settled a class action lawsuit brought by over 500 female prisoners who were sexually abused in the state’s prisons....

Syria has scrapped a law limiting the length of sentences handed down to men convicted of killing female relatives they suspect of having illicit sex. Women’s groups had long demanded that Article 548 be scrapped, arguing it decriminalised “honour” killings. Activists say some 200 women...

Giorgia BoscoloAfter nine centuries of keeping women on dry land, Venice has broken with tradition by approving its first female gondolier. Giorgia Boscolo, 23, a mother of two, came through a gruelling course, which included 400 hours of instruction, to enter an all-male club that has resisted admitting...

Growing up, I wasn’t necessarily taught to be ashamed of my body, but I definitely wasn’t encouraged to celebrate it. In fact, I would venture to say the idea of “celebrating” my body and embracing myself as a woman did not become a reality for me until college. Indeed, my first...