It’s simply a “human touch.” He’s a “warm, affectionate person.” “He hugs everybody.” In the days since allegations surfaced of Joe Biden’s uninvited touching, several women in politics and beyond have been coming to his defense, vouching for his character and saying it was merely his old-fashioned style — nothing intentional, and certainly nothing sexual.
Read moreFormer Vice President Joe Biden condemned “a white man’s culture” as he lashed out at violence against women and lamented his role in the Supreme Court confirmation hearings that undermined Anita Hill’s credibility nearly three decades ago.
Read moreThe founder and all-female editorial board of the Vatican’s women’s magazine have quit after what they say was a Vatican campaign to discredit them and put them “under the direct control of men,” that only increased after they denounced the sexual abuse of nuns by clergy.
Read moreThe evolution of the wardrobes for female leads in the “Star Wars” movie franchise reflects the characters’ shifts from politically powerful positions to more passive, romantic roles, according to a study released Monday.
Read moreA federal judge in Oakland on Sunday blocked the Trump administration from allowing 14 states to let employers opt out of covering birth control for their employees’ health insurance on religious grounds.
Read moreA federal judge dismissed a military nonprofit’s claims against the Department of Defense over its “Leaders First” policy requiring two or more women in Army or Marine Corps units before junior women servicemembers can be assigned to it, finding the nonprofit must prove the policy affects one of its members.
Read moreEmotions ran high in the U.S. Capitol Friday over the Supreme Court nomination of Brett Kavanaugh. Soon after Republican Sen. Jeff Flake announced he’d vote to confirm Kavanaugh, two women cornered him in an elevator as he headed back to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Read moreSaudi Arabia expelled the Canadian ambassador on Monday and froze “all new business” with Ottawa over its criticism of the ultraconservative kingdom’s arrest of women’s rights — yet another warning to the West reflecting Riyadh’s new assertive foreign policy.
Read moreThe Navy says it will now allow servicewomen to sport ponytails and other hairstyles, reversing a policy that long forbade females from letting their hair down.
Read moreSoldiers raped Stephanie because her husband, a pastor called Alain, preached to men in their Congo town about the need for education. Her ordeal ended when she was granted asylum by the United States. But for another group of women wanting to emigrate here, victims of domestic violence, that route of escape was closed by the Trump administration this week.
Read moreBy AYA BATRAWY, Associated Press DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Saudi Arabia on Monday issued the first driving licenses to
Read moreFour women on Thursday challenged the constitutionality of an Idaho law that invalidates an adult woman’s living will if she is pregnant.
Read moreA federal judge said Thursday he may hold a bench trial to resolve a proposed class action accusing UnitedHealth Group of violating the Affordable Care Act by failing to cover breastfeeding services for new mothers.
Read moreThe Center for Reproductive Rights sued Mississippi officials Monday to block a new set of laws the group says are designed to cut off a woman’s constitutionally protected right to abortion care.
Read moreWomen across Europe and Asia shouted their demands for respect and empowerment Thursday to mark International Women’s Day, with protesters in Spain launching a 24-hour strike and crowds of demonstrators filling the streets of Manila, Seoul and New Delhi.
Read moreA Vatican magazine has denounced how nuns are often treated like indentured servants by cardinals and bishops, for whom they cook and clean for next to no pay.
Read moreBritish supermarket chain Tesco is facing legal claims that it is paying women less than men for work of equal value, in a case that lawyers estimate could ultimately cost it as much as $5.6 billion in compensation payments.
Read moreBritain will consider pardons for suffragettes convicted during the struggle for women’s right to vote, the interior minister said Tuesday, a century to the day since some female voters were allowed to go to the polls.
Read moreA federal judge Monday temporarily enjoined part of a Texas law that would require healthcare providers to bury or cremate fetal remains.
Read moreAn open letter signed by movie star Catherine Deneuve and about 100 French intellectuals said the American campaign against sex harassment verges on Puritanism, prompting predictable outrage.
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