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The U.S. women's national team is one of the best in the world, but not when it comes to diversity.

There’s a difference between how women and men decide who to vote for – but it’s not really clear just how big the difference is. Women favored Barack…

This week women veterans from throughout Florida will meet in Tampa for the 2nd Annual Women Veterans’ Conference. The goal is to sign them up for...

For the past six months, NPR's Audie Cornish has held a series of conversations with women navigating the male-dominated world of comedy. Here are some highlights.

Commentator Frank Deford ponders why individual women's sports continue to be popular fare, while women's team sports simply never manage to attract much attention, let alone success.

President Bush and Sen. John Kerry make contrasting appeals to women voters. Bush focuses on terrorism and its impact on families' sense of security. Kerry hones in on economic issues as they apply to U.S. women. NPR's Scott Horsley reports.

The U.S. women's national team is one of the best in the world, but not when it comes to diversity. Why so many girls of color get left behind as they move up the ranks?

Risking beatings by the Taliban, Afghan women have taken to the streets to protest against the hard-line regime, its new curbs on their rights — and Pakistan's influence in their country.

A Muslim woman is creating a stir in the mountains of West Virginia. Asra Nomani has been seeking women's rights at her small mosque in Morgantown. But the toughest resistance she's met has come from other Muslim women, who say they're already liberated. NPR's Barbara Bradley Hagerty reports.

Florida earned a ranking among the worst in the country for women’s healthcare.