President Barack Obama expressed outrage Tuesday over the Pentagon’s failed attempts to bring sexual assault under control. Over 26,000 people--men and women--were sexually assaulted in the military last year.

Faculty members at Occidental College are openly criticizing the school’s mishandling of sexual assault cases. Their latest action comes on the heels of the recent Title IX federal complaint against the school.

The FDA just lowered the age so that women 15 and over can buy Plan B. Here's what you need to know about the over-the-counter pill--what it is and what it does exactly.

This week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the lawsuit against Myriad Genetics, challenging its right to hold patents on two genes linked to increased risk of breast and ovarian cancer.

In this video clip, Winfrey disclosed that she also was subjected to unequal pay due to her gender not too long ago. Watch the clip to learn about the "Aha!" moment that encouraged her to take the risk of writing the pay checks herself.

Many women have limited access to abortion. Several states allow non-physician clinicians to perform medication or aspiration abortions, and a new study recommends expanding the type of providers who can perform the procedure.

by Amy-Willard Cross

The court has ordered the FDA to make emergency contraception available without a prescription and without point-of-sale or age restrictions within 30 days.

Trafficking doesn't just happen across the world. Yesterday, a man convicted of trafficking and imprisonment in a prestigious Manhattan neighborhood received a harsh sentence that tells just how bad the crime is.

As the high-profile Steubenville rape case opens, the defense implies as the victim didn't affirmatively say no,she must have said yes.

Americans are still fighting publicly over the issue of abortion access, but as this graphic shows, 55% percent of women think abortion should be legal and accessible.

by Maritza I. Reyes

The gap between the household wealth of Black and White families is massive. Today the median wealth held by White households is 20 times that of Black households. There are lots of reasons for this difference and a new study offers great data on one of them: the need to assist poor relatives.

The U.S. Senate voted overwhelmingly this week to reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA), approving the measure by a 78 to 22 member vote. The bill was bipartisan, sort of, in that it garnered the vote of every female senator regardless of party lines. However, 22 Republican male senators voted against the bill because of its provisions dealing with domestic abuse on tribal lands and discrimination based on sexual orientation.

The Family and Medical Leave Act is a federal law requiring covered employers to provide employees with job-protected, unpaid leave for qualified medical and family reasons. Those reasons include personal or family illness, family military leave, pregnancy, adoption, and foster care. More than 50 million Americans have reportedly taken leave through FMLA, 58% of them women. However, the law could do much more to help low-income individuals.