AWDCMigrants at US-Mexico border must get past cartels before their long journey endsEvery train car in “La Bestia” – The Beast – is a world unto itself, with all the good and evil that entails. Ariel saw the worst of this world when he witne...
AWDCReasons for the rise in Boko Haram deployment of women suicide bombers Women have participated in political violence consistently over time. In more recent decades the suicide bomber role has become the predominant operational r...
AWDCHealth Check: why do women live longer than men?In Australia, an average baby boy born in 2016 could expect to live to 80, while a baby girl born at the same time could expect to live until closer to 85. A...
AWDCThe conspicuous absence of women in India’s labour forceIndia’s rapid economic growth has been accompanied by falling fertility rates and higher educational attainment among women. These advances often lead to an ...
AWDCWomen entrepreneurs thrive managing talented teams and balancing many investorsOnly a handful of the top companies in the U.S. are led by a woman. Efforts to change that and promote more women into positions of leadership have relied pr...
AWDCThe role of rural women in making home brew: a Rwandan case studyAcross sub-Saharan Africa traditional non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages are made from locally available produce like cereals, fresh milk, fruits, and veg...
AWDCSudanese women are using social media to trade – and break gender barriersThe role of women in the recent protests in Sudan has attracted a great deal of attention. This is because women who try to have a prominent public role in t...
AWDCData show how American mothers balance work and family Almost 70% of American mothers with children under 18 work for pay. But motherhood remains disruptive for many women’s work lives. American women earn almost...
AWDCNigerian trial shows how universal home visits can help reduce maternal risks Nigerian women are at high risk of death related to pregnancy and child birth. Accurate figures are hard to come by, but the World Health Organisation estima...
AWDCWhy age gives West African women more autonomy and powerSeveral studies, covering about 58 countries across the world, found that as women get older they are more able to make decisions independently of men. But s...
AWDCWhy cabinet, rather than parliament, is the centre of power for African womenHow do we know whether women are achieving equitable levels of political representation? For many years, scholars have focused on women’s representation in l...
AWDCSaudi women are going to college, running for office and changing the conservative countrySaudi Arabia is a notoriously difficult place to be a woman. The kingdom enforces a strict interpretation of Islamic law that sees the separation of men and w...
AWDCNiger has the world’s highest birth rate – and that may be a recipe for unrestWhile fertility levels have declined rapidly in most parts of the world, many countries in the sub-Saharan African region of the Sahel have seen their reprod...
AWDCAbortions rise worldwide when US cuts funding to women’s health clinics, study findsAdvancing Republican efforts to reduce access to abortion, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced on March 26 that the Trump administration will further re...
AWDCWomen in health, science and innovation are collaborating globallyMarie Curie, Rita Levi-Montalcini, Brenda Milner, Martha Salcudean, Julie Payette, Halle Tanner Dillon Johnson. What do these names bring to mind? They are w...
AWDCCuba expands rights but rejects radical change in updated constitutionCuba has rejected a proposal to legalize same-sex marriage in its new and revised constitution, a move that disappointed some gay rights activists. An articl...
AWDCCan sitting less decrease your risk of heart disease?Too much sitting has long been criticized for contributing to premature mortality, Type 2 diabetes, and a host of other illnesses. In a new study of 5,638 wo...
AWDCAfrican-American women with HIV often overlooked, under-supportedThe face of HIV in the United States has long been white gay men, even though the epidemic has had a devastating and disproportionate impact on African-Ameri...
AWDCWomen politicians in Africa face huge odds but can make a real differenceWomen are gaining ground in politics around the world. Last year, the so-called “pink wave” saw a record number of women elected to Congress in the US’s mid-...
AWDCWhy women still earn a lot less than menA decade ago, on Jan. 29, 2009, newly inaugurated President Barack Obama signed his first bill into law: the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act of 2009. It was the...
