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Physicians aren’t immune to the trade-offs working women face, new research shows. Female doctors are more likely than their male peers to shift to part-time work or stop working a few years after completing their medical training, according to a recent study published in the journal JAMA Network Open. Women, moreover, are more likely than... … [Read more...] about Female doctors are more likely to go part-time

Providing Healing Spaces for Human Rights Defenders Santo Tomás is a town in El Salvador that lies nestled against the El Porvenir Forest. Much of the forest is first growth, with trees older than the country itself. It is an integral part of this agricultural community—of its ecosystem, its identity, its way of life. In 2015, one of El Salvador’s largest companies cleared a … [Read more...] about Caring for the Movement

Muslim Women in India Are Claiming Their Rights Zakia Soman co-founded the Indian Muslim Women’s Movement, or Bharatiya Muslim Mahila Andolan (BMMA), to fight for justice and equal rights for Muslim women throughout India. BMMA focuses on education, health, security, and gender justice within families—after her own struggle to leave a sixteen-year-long abusive marriage, Zakia … [Read more...] about Women Say No to Instant Divorce

Dear Friends, It is a privilege to write to you as Global Fund for Women’s new President and CEO. I stand on the shoulders of our previous phenomenal leaders—Anne Firth Murray, Kavita Ramdas, Elizabeth Colton, and Musimbi Kanyoro—and I don’t take that lightly. I am humbled to follow in their footsteps and I am committed to making them proud. I come to Global Fund for Women … [Read more...] about First 30 Days: Letter and Video from Latanya Mapp Frett Global Fund for Women’s President and CEO

So-called "pink tax" is taking over women's finances on a whole other level. … [Read more...] about Women pay higher bank fees than men, analysis finds