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We speak with Afghan women's rights activist Suraya Pakzad about the challenges facing women in Afghanistan, and to U.S. Senator Bob Casey about U.S. efforts to combat those challenges.

In Rwanda, nearly two-thirds of Parliament consists of women, a trend that developed after the country's genocide. Cuba is third, with women making up 50 percent of its legislators. The U.S. is 99th.

Commentator Cokie Roberts answers listener questions about the history of women in Congress.

For decades, soccer has been relegated to the realm of boys and men in Mexico. That has changed.

Started in 2017, the protest movement advocates for the rights of women, immigrants, people of color and the LGBTQ community.

What happens if you plan an event to honor women veterans and none of them come? That’s a real concern at the Disabled American Veterans Chapter 97 in...

Women in the movement have built Internet presences around boosting white nationalist ideologies. But journalist Seyward Darby says that outspokenness is at odds with male white nationalists' ideas.

Melissa Block reads emails from listeners about Robert Siegel's interview with Republican Senator Kelly Ayotte of New Hampshire.

"We will continue to fight and speak and raise our voices," says Belarusian athlete Yelena Leuchanka. "The face of what is happening in Belarus is largely the face of women," says an ex-U.S. diplomat.

Many women veterans are running for Congress, but they are campaigning on more than their combat experience. Their messages suggest the way women are running for office is changing.