Gender Issues

First lady Michelle Obama speaks to selected participants of the Presidential Summit for the Washington Fellowship for Young African Leaders in Washington, Wednesday, July 30, 2014, during a roundtable discussion. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

First lady asks leaders to change gender attitudes

Stacy Anderson · July 31, 2014 4:27 am

From left, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., Anna, a survivor of sexual assault, with her mother Susan, and Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., talk to each other during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, July 30, 2014, to discuss "Campus Accountability and Safety Act" that is before the Senate. Anna was an 18 year old student at Hobart and William Smith Colleges in central New York when she was sexually assaulted by fellow students at a fraternity party, just three weeks into her freshman year. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Senators seek to curb campus sexual assault

Kimberly Hefling · July 30, 2014 7:51 pm

The National Science Foundation gave two grants for collaborative research to professors at Yale and New York universities to study "systematic gender bias" in Wikipedia. (iStock)

US science group to study sexism at one of the most popular websites in the world

Kelly Cohen · July 30, 2014 6:02 pm

FILE--In this June 4, 2013 file photo, New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks about his Women's Equality Act during a news conference in the Red Room at the Capitol on in Albany, N.Y. Republicans hoping to siphon votes from Cuomo are working to get a ballot line that would tap hostility to the Common Core learning standards. Democrats are trying to counter Westchester County Executive Rob Astorino's gambit with a "Women's Equality Party" line, calling attention to the Legislature's failure to pass a package of bills that include a strong abortion rights measure. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

In NY race, niche issues become political parties

George Walsh · July 27, 2014 2:27 pm

Is this what a war on women looks like? Reflections from the steps of the Supreme Court

Mary Therese Drury · July 25, 2014 2:43 pm

There has to be a way to push sensible limited-government policy reforms without making unmarried Americans feel left out. (iStock Image)

Republicans can’t leave unmarried Americans behind

Philip Klein · July 24, 2014 7:26 pm

The top female donors have contributed just one-sixth the amount the top male donors have given so far this election cycle, according to Politico. (iStock Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Ladies, if you want political change, you’ve got to start donating

Ashe Schow · July 23, 2014 6:39 pm

Women business owners face gender gap, report says

Women business owners face gender gap, report says

Joyce Rosenberg · July 23, 2014 11:22 am

International women's rights advocate Malala Yousafzai and British Prime Minister David Cameron at the Girl Summit 2014 in London Tuesday. The summit, put on by the British government and UNICEF, brought together community leaders, governments, international organisations and the private sector to rally a global movement to end female genital mutilation and child, early and forced marriage in a generation. (Rex Features via AP Images)

Beltway Confidential

How many American women are at risk for female genital mutilation? New study to find out

Ashe Schow · July 22, 2014 9:10 pm

Last week, Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Neb., introduced a bill with Angus King, I-Maine, that would provide employers with tax breaks if they provided paid leave for their employees. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Where are strong GOP women? In the Senate

Ashe Schow · July 21, 2014 8:58 am

Women go online to protest ‘everyday sexism’

Sylvia Hui · July 20, 2014 4:55 pm

Jill Abramson says her gender wasn’t the ‘whole explanation’ for her firing

Beltway Confidential

Jill Abramson says her gender wasn’t the ‘whole explanation’ for her firing

Ashe Schow · July 18, 2014 4:54 pm