Gender Issues

Mali communities denounce female genital cutting

Baba Ahmed · February 6, 2014 3:26 pm

The NAACP has been very forgiving of a state representative convicted of battery. (Photo: Thinkstock)

Beltway Confidential

War on women update: NAACP pleads case of Massachusetts Democrat facing expulsion after conviction for punching his girlfriend

Ashe Schow · February 6, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama speaks at General Electric's Waukesha Gas Engines facility on Jan. 30 in Waukesha, Wis. (AP Photo)

Obama’s solution to phony wage gap is another job-killer

Diana Furchtgott-Roth · February 4, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama delivers the State of Union address before a joint session of Congress in the House chamber on Jan. 28. (AP/Larry Downing)

Obama and the grievance industry

Mona Charen · February 4, 2014 5:00 am

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., revealed her five-point "Opportunity Plan" on Monday. (AP Photo)

Beltway Confidential

Kirsten Gillibrand’s #Opportunityplan: Redistribution, lies and a nugget of good policy

Ashe Schow · February 4, 2014 5:00 am

Sandra Fluke, attorney and women's rights activist, addresses the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., on Wednesday, Sept. 5, 2012. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Beltway Confidential

Are you ready for Rep. Sandra Fluke?

Charles Hoskinson · February 4, 2014 5:00 am

NYC female firefighters trying to boost numbers

Washington Examiner · January 30, 2014 6:07 pm

Washington Secrets

Sorry, ladies: White men rule as Sunday TV talk show guests

Paul Bedard · January 30, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama in his State of the Union address pressed for equal pay for female workers, saying it was time to do away with unfair employment practices that belonged in a "Mad Men" episode.ÃÂ (AP Photo/AMC, Frank Ockenfels)

Obama: Unequal pay for women belongs in a ‘Mad Men episode’

Meghashyam Mali · January 28, 2014 5:00 am

Pope Francis presides over a Vespers ceremony at Rome's St. Paul Basilica, at the Vatican, Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

Pope: Women should play expanded role in Church

Frances D'emilio · January 25, 2014 6:13 pm

Republicans have in recent years struggled to appeal to women. (Illustration)

Republicans bank on new effort to win over women voters

Tim Mak · January 24, 2014 5:00 am

FILE - In this June 10, 2013 file photo, Sen. Heidi Heitkamp, D-N.D. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. The SenateÃ?s record-setting 20 women, emboldened by their recent political and legislative successes, are determined to swell their ranks this November. TheyÃ?re providing campaign and fundraising help to the Republican and Democratic female candidates from West Virginia, Kentucky, Georgia and Oregon looking to smash a few glass ceilings, and hopefuls from Michigan and Hawaii eyeing an all-female Senate lineup. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

In solidarity, Senate women help female candidates

Associated Press · January 24, 2014 5:00 am