Just by getting into the boxing ring at the London Olympics, Sadaf Rahimi will be throwing a few punches in the fight for equal rights for Afghan women. Rahimi, a determined 17-year-old student, wants to become the new face of Afghan women, gaining honor and dignity for herself and other women in her war-torn country and improving their image worldwide.
A 13-year-old Philadelphia girl is leading her team to the Little League World Series as a star pitcher with a 70-mph fastball.
Roller derby is a female-dominated sport where both the blades and the punches roll. Over the past three years, a group of Egyptian women have become aficionados hardcore fans of the sport. But in a country where many women face harassment on a daily basis, roller derby is much more than just a game.
Parris Island, the South Carolina military installation that has trained thousands of young Marines, has its first female commander, Brig. Gen. Lori Reynolds, who took over at a change-of-command ceremony Friday. It's not about male or female, it's about highly qualified officers, and if you look at General Reynolds' bio, she has more than enough experience to add value to this, so it is exciting.
This 92-year-old female pilot who flew in WWII feels young again, taking to the sky in an iconic Spitfire fighter plane for the 70th V-E Day.
Women's Equality Day commemorates the day in 1920 when voting rights for women officially became part of the U.S. constitution. The 19th Amendment securing women the fundamental right to vote was a product of decades of organizing, protesting, and agitating. On August 26, we celebrate those who continue the work of building a society where women thrive, where every door is open to them, and their every dream can be realized.
Kinley Goertler has now received awesome support from cops across the US and in five countries after she found Halloween police costumes only for boys.
Last week in Virginia, a transgender woman was given a job at a local KFC restaurant –and then had her heart broken within an hour as she was fired for being trans-gender. The corporate headquarters of KFC soon stepped in and offered her a new job and fired the manager who discriminated against her. WANT […]
A member of the Hopi tribe has become the first Native American woman confirmed as a federal judge, and, significantly, she will serve in Arizona.
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Afghanistan's first lady unveiled plans for the Islamic nation's first university run just for women.
After fleeing her homeland almost 25 years ago, and graduating from Harvard this year, Fadumo Dayib has decided she wants to be president of Somalia.
She started the movement for a woman's right to vote in the U.S. and should be on the bill commemorating the achievement's 100th anniversary.
In high school Hillary Rodham was voted Most Likely To Succeed. Today, the beloved Secretary of State is being hailed by people around the world wishing a Happy 65th Birthday to Hillary Clinton. On the occasion, the Huffington Post has compiled a list of reasons to love and admire her -- from the small things -- like, she's not afraid to go outside without makeup -- to the long list of firsts that she has accomplished as a pioneering woman and lawyer.
Her opponent congratulated Yingluck Shinawatra for winning Thailand's first general election since 2007, an election that many hope will bring an end to years of unrest between two political factions that climaxed last year with protests that turned deadly.
A pair of former child brides took their plight to Zimbabwe's highest court, and won a ban on marriage for anyone under the age of 18.
A court decision has greatly expanded women's rights in India, allowing them to make family business, property, and inheritance decisions.
Men and women will finally be allowed to pray alongside one another at Jerusalem's Western Wall, Judaism's holiest site.
Not yet 5am, a small pack of women savor the peace six mornings a week, before the men appear on Kabul's streets to hurl insults at them for breaking the gender barrier of acceptable female activity. "These girls are challenging a big taboo in Afghanistan, riding a bicycle."
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