For 35 years, Marcy Syms appeared in TV and radio commercials for her family’s company, voicing its famous slogan, “An ...

Young, single and outspoken, Hamida led a breakaway group of younger Afghan female lawmakers who were pressing hard for reform, but all their efforts were brought to a stunning halt on the fateful day ...

Now that COVID-19 protections have been removed, social barriers for disabled and high-risk people have grown.

(WOMENSENEWS)–Today, Women’s eNews recognizes 21 remarkable leaders whose energy and vision spring from their lives across the globe, in India, Saudi Arabia, Kenya, Colombia, Canada, Norway, Ireland ...

The gut brain axis is an important relationship very few people discuss or even understand. It is composed of a two-way communication system between your gut (digestive system) and your brain which ...

Imagine breaking your leg and going to the hospital where doctors tell you they’re going to set it so that it won’t bend. After all, you don’t need it since you use a wheelchair. Or going to get a ...

Trends in female employment all add up to a "perfect storm" for women's retirement, says a labor economist. Those trends also raise women's stakes in any election-year discussion of adding or ...

GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala (WOMENSENEWS)– At the age of 8, Fidelia Castellanos had just landed her first job as a domestic worker in Guatemala City and her tiny hands were already dry and chapped from ...

My story is a case study of what is happening in many courtrooms where good mothers are having their children taken from their arms and handed over to their abusers. We must change our system so ...

On Tuesday, March 26, 2024, Women’s eNews will honor ’21 Leaders for the 21st Century’ at its 24th annual Gala in New York City. The 2024 ...

NEW YORK (WOMENSENEWS)–When Jyotsna was just shy of age 35, she starting thinking about babies. As a single, divorced, career-centered woman living in New York City it was problematic. “The whole idea ...