Women

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

Women across the world will demand equal pay, reproductive rights, education, justice, decision-making jobs and other essential needs during demonstrations marking International Women’s Day on Friday.Officially recognized by the United Nations in 1977, International Women’s Day is commemorated in different ways and to varying degrees in places around the world. Protests are often political and, at times, violent, rooted in women’s efforts to improve their rights as workers.Demonstrations are planned from Tokyo to Mexico City, and this year’s global theme is “Inspire Inclusion.”

The Collier County Medical Society will be hosting the 14th Annual Women’s Health Forum on April 1. The event will take place from 8:30 a.m. to1 p.m. in McSpadden Hall at Naples United Church of Christ.

Reaction poured in from the worlds of journalism, politics, sports and entertainment following the death of TV news pioneer and “The View” creator Barbara Walters. She died Friday at her home in New York at age 93. An intrepid interviewer, anchor and program host, she led the way as the first woman to become a TV news superstar.

Passed by Congress in June of 1919, then ratified on August 18th of 1920, and officially adopted eight days later on August 26th, the 19th Amendment to…

After complaints of inhumane treatment in women’s correctional facilities throughout Florida, one lawmaker is calling for a change.

We sit down with the mother/daughter team behind the new podcast “Cool Dead Women.” The first episode premiered earlier this year on Ms. Magazine’s blog…

There’s a village in rural Guatemala where women are selling hand-sewn reusable menstrual pads. It’s a product medical experts say is necessary in some...

Florida women are seeing positive advances in health care, including declining mortality rates for heart disease, breast cancer, and AIDS. However,...

More women than men opt to take only online classes to earn bachelor’s degrees in Florida’s state university system, according to a new report from the...