Efforts are being made to put up a plaque commemorating Violet Gibson in Dublin.

Many open source organizations and companies are already headed by women, but there are many others who are ready for the boardroom.

The one-of-a-kind broken glass medium used by the artist to create the portrait uniquely embodies Kamala Harris' glass-shattering achievement.

Findings from the Journal of Sexual Medicine suggest that low sexual desire accompanied by distress is most common among women reaching midlife. Having a partner, being sexually inactive, and taking psychotropic medication was also associated with a higher likelihood of such distress.

New research indicates that women with higher levels of social anxiety display heightened performance in a test of cognitive empath

There are plenty of issues with the patent system as we know it today, but one big one is with the system we use to award them. It's a problem because the more important we think patents are, the more important it is to ensure that the mechanism...

She was a physicist, too—and there is evidence that she contributed significantly to his groundbreaking science

Medical textbooks are full of anatomical pictures of the penis, but the clitoris barely rates a mention. Many medical professionals are uncomfortable even talking about it

With a variety of backgrounds and talents, these women have helped push the boundaries of spaceflight

Marise Payne is demanding answers after female travellers on an Australia-bound Qatar Airways flight were subjected to invasive physical examinations at Doha Airport.

A study exploring women’s responses to compliments in the context of online dating has found that women are rated less favorably when they agree with ...

A new monument to Susan B. Anthony, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, and Sojourner Truth debuted on the 100th anniversary of the 19th amendment.

The unintended consequences of #MeToo just seem to get worse and worse. Initially, there was evidence that men were shying away from one-on-one interactions with women at work. Now, new research reveals women may be less likely to be hired for jobs where they are required to interact with men.

Mindy Kaling’s "Never Have I Ever" joins a handful of new coming-of-age films that break with history to put young women of color at the center of the story.

A new study provides evidence that women’s reliance on intuition and “gut” feelings helps to explain why they tend to report more magical beliefs than men do. The research has been published in the Journal of Research in Personality.

Kathy Sullivan, the first American woman to walk in space is also the first woman to reach the deepest point in the ocean.

Anne Brigman helped shape American photographic traditions and was anointed by Alfred Stieglitz. Then she fell into obscurity.

Twenty-five years after the United Nations’ Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action pledged to take the necessary steps to “remove all obstacles to gender equality and the advancement and empowerment of women,” support for gender equality is strong around the globe. Across 34 countries surveyed by Pew Research Center, a median of 94% think it is important for women in their country to have the same rights as men, with 74% saying this is very important.

Islamists pelted campaigners with stones, shoes and sticks as they marched throu...

The UN Development Programme analysed biases against gender in 75 countries around the world.