gender inequality

Twenty-two years after Congress ordered the National Institutes of Health to include women in the clinical trials it funds to test medical treatments,…

Academic medicine is still a man’s world, according to two studies and an accompanying editorial published Tuesday in the journal JAMA.Despite growing…

A new report says an estimated half a million American girls are at risk. The U.S. and other developed countries can learn from efforts in Africa to eliminate the practice.

Basketball is the most popular sport among both boys and girls, but many women end up dropping the game in adulthood, even though they still love it. Injuries, work and family are three reasons why.

Young couples would prefer to share responsibilities equally at work and at home, a study finds. But they realize that workplace policies and child care can make that a tough go in real life.

Last fall the National Institutes of Health announced it has given out roughly $10 million in research funding aimed at correcting gender imbalance in…

For starters: Your voice is too squeaky, too loud; it lacks authority, is grating or obnoxious or unprofessional. Why is talking while female such an offense?

More than 500 girls living in poverty have lent their voices to Girl Declaration, a campaign urging world leaders to include the needs of girls in the next set of global development goals.