List of Sex and Gender articles
-
A Saudi woman drives her car along a street in the Saudi coastal city of Jeddah, on September 27, 2017. Saudi Arabia will allow women to drive from next June, state media said on September 26, 2017 in a historic decision that makes the Gulf kingdom the last country in the world to permit women behind the wheel. / AFP PHOTO / REEM BAESHEN (Photo credit should read REEM BAESHEN/AFP/Getty Images) The King Hands Over the Car Keys
How Saudi women finally grabbed the wheel from the country's religious conservatives.
-
A Saudi woman gets into a taxi at a mall in Riyadh as a grassroots campaign planned to call for an end to the driving ban for women in Saudi Arabia on October 26, 2014. Amnesty International is calling on the Saudi Arabian authorities to respect the right of women to defy the ban by driving this weekend and to end the harassment of supporters of the campaign. AFP PHOTO/FAYEZ NURELDINE (Photo credit should read FAYEZ NURELDINE/AFP/Getty Images) Saudi Women Can Drive, But It’s Not a Feminist Paradise Quite Yet
The country may have lifted its driving ban, but it still has a long way to go.
-
Screen Shot 2017-09-18 at 9.20.45 AM Veterans Administration throws suicide stats out the back door on Friday at 5 p.m.
Suicide rates for veterans climb to "staggering" proportions.
-
The seal of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is seen at CIA Headquarters in Langley, Virginia, April 13, 2016. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) More White, More Male, More Jesus: CIA Employees Fear Pompeo Is Quietly Killing the Agency’s Diversity Mandate
CIA insiders worry reforms pushed by Brennan are languishing in his absence.
-
<> on May 20, 2013 in Washington, DC. Senate Committee Votes Against Administration on Anti-Abortion Global Gag Rule
The surprise move is a direct repudiation of Trump’s approach to foreign aid and reproductive rights.
-
Ukrainian Minister of Defence Stepan Poltorak (L-back) speaks to US Secretary of Defense Jim Mattis (C) before a military parade in Kiev on August 24, 2017 to celebrate the Independence Day, 26 years since Ukraine gained independence from the Soviet Union. / AFP PHOTO / Genya SAVILOV (Photo credit should read GENYA SAVILOV/AFP/Getty Images) -
Pope Francis arrives for his weekly general audience at St Peter's square on October 14, 2015 at the Vatican. Pope Francis apologised Wednesday on behalf of the Catholic Church for a series of scandals which have recently shaken the city of Rome and the Vatican. The Vatican has been the focus of several controversies including the coming out of a gay priest and the leak of a controversial letter, while the pontiff himself ended up in the headlines for a gaffe which helped oust Rome's mayor. AFP PHOTO / VINCENZO PINTO (Photo credit should read VINCENZO PINTO/AFP/Getty Images) Pope Francis Should Reject Callista Gingrich as Ambassador (for Adultery)
The pontiff rejected a French ambassador just because he was gay; surely, he should reject Trump's pick for her sins.
-
A woman is surrounded by riot police during disturbances in the Dandora district of Nairobi 14 April, 2008. At least 14 people were killed in Kenya when police clashed with members of a banned sect who went on the rampage and burned many vehicles after the murder of the wife of their jailed leader. Police said five people were killed in Nairobi, five in the Rift Valley and four in central Kenya regions, where members of the outlawed Mungiki sect were blocking roads and stoning motorists. AFP PHOTO / Stringer (Photo credit should read STRINGER/AFP/Getty Images) Kenyan Women Just Fought One of the Most Violent Campaigns in History
More women are running for office than ever before in the East African country, but the backlash has been fierce and bloody.
-
IMG_3913[2]-1 This 18-Year-Old Chinese Woman Is Beating the Schools at Sex Ed
In a nation where textbooks still teach that sex before marriage mars girls forever, Yao Sifan is offering a feminist take on the facts of life.
-
ARLINGTON, VA - JULY 20: U.S. President Donald Trump (R) greets service members after a meeting at the Pentagon July 20, 2017 in Arlington, Virginia. President Trump participated in a 'Pol-Mil session' and was briefed on national security issues and the fight against ISIS. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Trump’s Transgender Tweet Isn’t In Force Yet, But It’s Close
Unless Congress acts to legislatively protect transgender people’s right to serve, the president can have his way.
-
US President Donald Trump speaks following the ceremonial swearing-in of James Mattis (R) as secretary of defense on January 27, 2017, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC. / AFP / MANDEL NGAN (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images) Here’s How Trump’s Ban on Transgender Service Members Can Serve as a Teaching Moment
The way the president rolled out this decision is almost a textbook example of how not to make difficult decisions on military policy.
-
Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai (R) of Zimbabwe, Danish minister of development Ulla Tornaes (C) and Danish foreign minister Per Stig Moller (L) look on during their joint press conference in Copenhagen on June 17, 2009. Tsvangirai is on an official visit to Denmark. AFP PHOTO/SCANPIX/Kristian Juul Pedersen (Photo credit should read Kristian Juul Pedersen/AFP/Getty Images) Danes Tout Family Planning Aid to Africa to ‘Limit Migration’ to Europe
Family planning can tackle an array of women’s health issues -- but is also apparently a tool to limit the flood of migrants.
-
fernando_lamas_danielle_darrieux Rethinking the Army’s ‘Wife School’: Maybe time to move it out of the 1950s
Before my husband took battalion command, the spouses of all the battalion commanders in the soon-to-be brigade team were encouraged to attend a week of the Pre-Command Course (PCC) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
-
Same Sex Marriage Legalization-2 Mapped: Countries Where Same-Sex Marriage Is Legal
The legalization of same-sex marriage is quickly spreading throughout the globe.
-
TWINSBURG, OH - AUGUST 3: Twins Gabriella and Isabella Belsito, 7-mos-old, prepare to take part in the Double Take Parade August 3, 2002 at the Twins Days Festival in Twinsburg, Ohio. (Photo by Mike Simons/Getty Images) Here’s Who Will Lament — and Celebrate — the Plummeting U.S. Birth Rate
There’s nothing like a good population crisis to stir up civilizational angst.