Women

2022

U.S. abortion rate rises, reversing three decades of declines

How late states allow abortion

69% of Americans support Roe v Wade decision

Record number of women appointed to Fortune 500 boards

Abortion laws by state

Maternal mortality rate

Younger women now earn at least as much as or more than men in 22 metro areas

2021  

 ‘Sexplanation’ of why men succeed more than women debunked by scientists

Just the facts: paid family leave for mothers
10 Women Who Changed the Way We See Nature
American birth rates have dropped in a big way
More Abortion Restrictions Have Been Enacted In The U.S. This Year Than In Any Other
What happens to abortion if Roe V Wade is overturned
Record-high 47 percent say abortion is morally acceptable

 2020

• Record Number Of Women Elected To House Of Representatives
  

 2019

• The road to abortion is paved with bad bus routes
• Paying $150,000 for someone else to give birth to your baby 
• Georgia's anti-abortion law is really bad
• Study: Only six countries have full gender equality
• Study: Women earn half as much as men
• Prior to the fall 2018 elections women made up at least 40% of the members in only two state assemblies. Afterward, five state legislatures had that many women. In 2019, 2,131, or 28.9% of the 7,383 state legislators in the United States are women.
  

2018

• Record number of women run for U.S. House seats
   Supreme Court rebuffs state bids to cut Planned Parenthood funds
• Study: Women earn half as much as men
• Breastfeeding in public is now officially legal in all 50 states.
• Sweden toughens definition of rape
• Sexual abuse starts early
• Best and worst states for women
• Women hold tiny role in Hollywood behind the scenes jobs
• How voter suppression particularly hurts women
• Good article on the complexities of dealing with sexual harassment
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  • Women in prison punished more than men
  • Less than 1% of rapes lead to felony convictions. At least 89% of victims face emotional and physical consequences.
  • Female prison population eight times higher than in 1980
   

Media
 
FEMINIST ECONOMICS
MS MAGAZINE
WOMEN'S E-NEWS
WOMEN'S REVIEW OF BOOKS
SINGLE WOMEN
MS MAGAZINE
WOMEN'S E-NEWS

Groups
 
FEMINIST ACTIVISM
FEMINIST ECONOMICS
FEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION
INTNL ASSN FOR FEMINIST ECONOMICS
ME TOO
MS FOUNDATION
NARAL
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN
NATIONAL WOMEN'S LAW CENTER
NOW
UN DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR WOMEN