In 1911, a team of three women with “lesbian-like” relationships – Jane Addams, Sophonisba Breckinridge and Anna Howard Shaw – took control of the suffrage movement, leading the nation’s largest ...

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Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Dr Ewelina U Ochab is a Forbes contributor, lawyer, and author. March 8 marks International Women’s Day. It is a day when ...

Female activists raised their voices at the United Nations on Friday as they marked International Women's Day amid a global trend of backsliding on hard-won rights. "International Women's Day is a ...

International Women's Day Protests Demand Equal Rights and an End to Discrimination, Sexual Violence ISTANBUL (AP) — Women took to the streets of cities across Europe, Africa, South America and ...

ISTANBUL — Women took to the streets of cities across Europe, Africa, South America and elsewhere to mark International Women’s Day with demands for ending inequality and gender-based violence.