HALIFAX - First Nation leaders, women's groups, elders and youth today gathered in a Circle of Hope in Halifax today,

WASHINGTON, Feb.

For those of you who have blocked out memory of the long battle to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act that wa

Democratic Senator Bob Casey and a handful of other senators met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai in Washington, D.

Yesterday, President Obama's campaign released three statements announcing his endorsement of state ballot initiative

A group of international leaders, known as The Elders, on Wednesday joined forces with the US secretary of state and

They were only 14 years old, cousins from a small town in central Mexico, when a fun trip to the local fair turned in

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton made a powerful plea on Sunday for the rights of women in Afghanistan, using a

Female farmworkers across the United States are commonly sexually harassed and assaulted, in part because their immig

Opposition to the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) has some who advocate for victims of domestic abuse scratching th

Over the course of a decade and through the administrations of two presidents of different political parties, the Uni

When President Obama introduced new legislation to combat domestic violence in October 2011, the U.S.

Former first lady Laura Bush says women in Afghanistan are creating their own economic opportunities and that entrepr

On February 28, 2011, the White House released President Obama's proclamation reaffirming March as Women's History Mo

The US government launched a five-year ‘Gender Equity Programme' in Pakistan in 2011, to advance women's human

The proposals of four Turkish nongovernmental organizations focusing on women's empowerment will be funded by the Uni

A new study says female military members returning from Afghanistan and Iraq are more likely to suffer from mental he

The equal protection clause of the 14th Amendment to the U.S.

Women now have their own “pink team” at the Veterans Affairs Illiana Health Care System.