Women and Girls

When Brazil Banned Abortion Pills, Women Turned to Drug Traffickers

Women’s reliance on the black market for access to medication abortions means they may not follow best medical practice. When C., a 24-year-old teacher in Recife, bought misoprostol from a drug dealer last year, she searched Google to figure out how to take it. “Because it was illegal, there was no information about how to […]

‘Lilo & Stitch’ at 20: How It Broke the Mold Long Before ‘Moana’

When the director Chris Sanders was starting work on “Lilo & Stitch,” the film’s visual development supervisor, Sue Nichols, made a comparison that startled him. “She did a side-by-side drawing of Mulan next to Nani,” Sanders said, referring to Lilo’s older sister. “And she pointed out that Mulan is actually missing pieces of her anatomy, […]

Artists of Color and Women Soar at Christie’s ‘21st Century’ Sale

While the usual suspects continue to command the highest prices at auction — as evidenced by Monday night’s $195 million sale of Warhol’s “Marilyn” — the art market also continues to seize on the potential next hot thing. On Tuesday, Christie’s turned its attention to some of those prospects at its 21st century contemporary evening […]

Shaved Heads Have People Buzzing

Clara Perlmutter, who goes by @Tinyjewishgirl on TikTok, decided recently to shave her head and document it on the platform after seeing the Dyson Airwrap go viral, with everyone curling and coifing their long shocks of hair. “I made a deal with myself that I was going to either learn how to do hair really […]

U.S. Women’s Players and U.S. Soccer Settle Equal Pay Lawsuit

For six years, the members of the World Cup-winning United States women’s soccer team and their bosses argued about equitable treatment of female players. They argued about whether they deserved the same charter flights as their male counterparts and about the definition of what constituted equal pay. But the long fight that set key members […]

USWNT and US Soccer Settle Equal Pay Lawsuit

That could take months. The men’s and women’s team already have held joint negotiating sessions with U.S. Soccer, but to make the deal work — the federation is seeking a single collective bargaining agreement that covers both national teams — the men’s players association will have to agree to share, or surrender, millions of dollars […]

Colombia Decriminalizes Abortion, Bolstering Trend Across Region

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Having an abortion is no longer a crime under Colombian law, the country’s top court ruled on Monday, in a decision that paves the way for the procedure to become widely available across this historically conservative, Catholic country. The ruling by Colombia’s Constitutional Court follows years of organizing by women across Latin […]

More Teenage Girls With Eating Disorders Wound Up in the E.R. During the Pandemic

During the pandemic, emergency rooms across the country reported an increase in visits from teenage girls dealing with eating and other disorders, including anxiety, depression and stress, according to new data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The report provides new detail about the kinds of mental health issues affecting a generation of […]

Victim’s Rape Kit Was Used to Identify Her as a Suspect in Another Case

The San Francisco police are using DNA samples collected from sexual assault victims to identify them as possible suspects in other crimes, the city’s district attorney said this week, adding that he would encourage legislation to ban the practice. The victims of sexual assault whose DNA samples are used in this way “are being treated […]