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Can Japan get more female business leaders?
The country lags behind when it comes to women in leadership positions.
Progress in politics: Politicians say New Mexico Legislature more welcoming to women
New Mexico lawmakers say a female majority in the Roundhouse has come with another change: a cultural shift away from its reputation as a stereotypical "boys club."
State of Texas: Minority and women-owned businesses cut from HUB program
The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts overhauled a program designed to provide more exposure to historically underutilized businesses in the state procurement process by removing female and mino…
State of Texas: Minority and women-owned businesses cut from HUB program
The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts overhauled a program designed to provide more exposure to historically underutilized businesses in the state procurement process by removing female and mino…
Science history: Female chemist initially barred from research helps helps develop drug for remarkable-but-short-lived recovery in children with leukemia
In December 1954, Gertrude Elion and colleagues described a new compound they had developed that sent children with leukemia into remission. It would guide a new approach to "rational drug design."
Japan’s Takaichi is winning fans not with politics but with her style and ‘work, work, work’ mantra
As the nation’s first female prime minister, Sanae Takaichi has won admiration as a new type of role model for women, despite her hard-line conservative policies.
The Hollywood Reporter’s Women in Entertainment Mentorship Program Celebrates 15 Years of Impact
The program, put on in partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Los Angeles and the Entertainment Industry Foundation, pairs teen girls with top female Hollywood execs.
Hate, threats force more and more women out of public life
Often labeled as bad mothers, insulted for their looks and threatened with physical violence, female politicians face a particularly high level of hate. Many step down out of fear.
Michele Kang launches Kang Institute with U.S. Soccer
Billionaire Michele Kang is launching the Kang Women's Institute to study the needs of female athletes with U.S. Soccer.
State Variations in the Role of the Reproductive Health Safety Net for Contraceptive Care Among Medicaid Enrollees
This KFF analysis uses 2023 T-MSIS Research Identifiable Files to look at where reproductive-age female Medicaid enrollees received their last contraceptive visit by state. Overall, more than four in 10 (43%) female Medicaid enrollees received their last contraceptive visit of 2023 at a safety net provider, which includes Planned Parenthood clinics, community health centers, state and local health departments, and Indian health services, but there is wide variation by state.
FEMA workers reinstated after suspension and investigation over letter criticizing Trump’s overhaul of agency
A group of FEMA workers has been reinstated after three months of forced leave and an investigation into alleged misconduct for signing an open letter to Congress that criticized the Trump administration’s overhaul of the disaster relief agency and warned it could put American lives in danger.