On March 29, Anne McClain and Christina Koch will leave the relative safety of the International Space Station for a spacewalk to upgrade the craft’s batteries – the first-ever to be all-female.
U.S. NASA announces world’s first-ever all-female spacewalk Read more
The Salem Red Sox, the organization’s Class A affiliate, announced that their booth will feature professional baseball’s first all-female broadcast team this season. Melanie Newman and Suzie Cool will debut together on April 23.
Salem Red Sox to debut first all-female broadcast booth in professional baseball Read more
The show designed by an NGO to promote sexual health and family planning. It now has over 400 million viewers from over 50 countries.
The wall was a statement of gender equality, and a call to end violent protests against women trying to enter Kerala’s Sabarimala temple, a pilgrimage site for Hindus.
5 million Indian women just made a 385-mile human chain for gender equality Read more
There are more women than ever before, and a new generation of Muslims, Latinos, Native Americans and African-Americans in the House creating what academics call a reflective democracy, more aligned with the population of the United States.
The United States convenes the most diverse Congress in its history Read more
The British government is to invest £50m in an attempt to end female genital mutilation by 2030, claiming it is the single biggest investment to tackle the issue by an international donor.
U.K. pledges £50m to help end female genital mutilation across Africa by 2030 Read more
More than 100 women were projected to win seats in the House of Representatives, easily shattering the record.
Record number of women heading to U.S. Congress Read more
California will be the first state to require publicly traded companies to have at least one woman on their board of directors.
California becomes first U.S. state to require women on corporate boards Read more
A record number of women have won major party nominations for governor and Congressional representatives this year — a full month before primary season is officially over.
Record numbers of women nominated for governor, U.S. Congress Read more
A slew of sexual-misconduct allegations is surfacing in China, a sign of pent-up frustration about the treatment of women and a testament to the rise of a generation increasingly willing to speak up.
#MeToo movement gathers momentum in China Read more
