Mississippi’s C-section problem: A third of low-risk women are undergoing surgery for their first birth
Mississippi hospitals deliver more babies (per capita) by c-section than anywhere else in the U.S.
“Wages for Housework” — new book traces history of women’s fight against working for free
In the seventies, feminists around the world fought to recognize housework as work. Today, women are still doing more than three-quarters of the world’s unpaid labor.
Scientists are just starting to understand the links between climate change and maternal mental health. India’s community health workers are already finding ways to tackle it
How climate change is endangering maternal health in India, causing pregnancy loss and worsening mental health.
Kenya’s Empty Promises on Protecting Women
The country has demanded an end to misogynist violence—and the government has failed to deliver.
What will a second Trump presidency mean for women? Advocates are afraid to find out.
As Trump returns to the White House, women’s rights advocates are pessimistic about what this second go-round will bring.
Bangladeshi Women Turned a Movement Into a Revolution. Then They Disappeared.
The country’s women turned a movement into an uprising, but then were pushed aside.