Iowa Governor Chet Culver signed a bill into law last week requiring state-regulated insurance companies to cover the costs of human papillomavirus vaccines. HPV is linked to many kinds of cervical cancer. HPV vaccines like Gardasil protect against about 70

Feminist candidates Jill Long Thompson of Indiana and Kay Hagan of North Carolina are gearing up for the primaries on May 6. Both women currently have slight leads in the polls.Long Thompson, a former US Hou...

Hundreds of Chileans announced that they will leave the Catholic Church on April 29, in protest of the Vatican involvement with a court's anti-contraception ruling. Chile's Constitutional Court outlawed President Michelle Bachelet's

A group of 12 women who have completed the special programme to accelerate the appointment of women to judicial positions were honoured on Thursday.

Life expectancy for many women in the US declined significantly between 1983 and 1999. PLoS Medicine, a peer-reviewed, open access journal published by the Public...

The Senate Republican leadership orchestrated a filibuster of the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act last night, preventing this critical bill from going to the floor of the senate for an up-or-down vote. The bill

The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform held a hearing on Wednesday to assess the effectiveness of abstinence-only programs in the US. The Washington Times reports that for years, r...