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AI implicates fundamental human rights such as privacy and individual freedoms; environmental concerns and natural resource distribution; governance and civic engagement and healthcare service delivery.
Ms. sat down with former Under Secretary for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs Elizabeth M. Allen to discuss the perils and promise of AI, and how the U.S. government is leading efforts fostering innovation while minimizing harms.
Freeda Womb, a 20-foot inflatable IUD, is on a mission to raise awareness about the threat to birth control rights in the U.S.
Touring the country, Freeda highlights how Republican politicians are blocking and vetoing bills that would protect access to contraception.
Iraq’s Parliament is currently advancing an amendment to the country’s Personal Status Law that would shift governance of marriage from state courts to Iraqi religious authorities, posing dire threats to the human rights of girls and women. The new law would give legal recognition to marriages of girls as young as 9 years old and remove criminal punishments for men who marry young girls—thereby legally authorizing the rape and sexual abuse of girls by adult men.
“Girls belong in school and on the playground, not in a wedding dress,” said Sarah Sanbar, an Iraq researcher at Human Rights Watch.
Amanda Zurawski, Kaitlyn Joshua and Hadley Duvall have emerged as key surrogates for the Democratic Party, campaigning in support of Vice President Kamala Harris.
On Friday, presumptive Democratic nominee Kamala Harris revealed details of her economic platform, which included a large focus on policies that would have an outsized benefit on women.
It is encouraging to see Vice President Harris lean into policies focused on alleviating these difficult situations many women in our country find themselves facing. And, there are areas where we know we need to do more.
Here’s a breakdown of the good, the bad and areas in need of improvement.
The Democratic National Convention runs this week, from Monday, Aug. 19, to Thursday, Aug. 22. In this live update article, expect real-time multimedia updates—can’t-miss quotes, pictures, breaking news—multiple times a day, capturing the narratives and voices shaping the future of U.S. politics. We’ll bring you direct reports, exclusive interviews and behind-the-scenes perspectives from the convention floor and events closed to the public.
Explore: the best moments from the second night of the DNC, including a rollicking state-by-state roll call; the Obamas draw a contrast between Trump and Harris; the importance of a multiracial, multigenerational and pro-LGBTQ+ movement for the ERA; what women voters want; and more.
In 2020, the Raising Haiti Foundation began funding the provision of small loans ($25-$50) to 50 women clients in two communities: Medor and Sarrazin. Most of the women use their loans to become entrepreneurs, or to expand their current businesses, selling goods in local markets. Some use them to purchase livestock or crop seeds, improving their farming outputs.
This interview with recipient and entrepreneur Benita Bien-Aimé exemplifies some of the achievements of the microcredit clients.
“I think what makes women like me successful in business is that we have courage, we have strength; we know what the market needs are, we go looking for these products, and we bring them to the community!”
Approximately 50 percent of women (or those assigned female at birth) have dense breasts, and having dense breasts automatically puts them at a higher risk of cancer. Most significantly (and independent of the higher cancer risk), both dense breast tissue and cancer show up as white in a mammogram, which means that mammograms are unable to properly view 40 to 50 percent of breast tissue.
So what are we left with? A reality in which millions of women are left uncovered and unprotected against early detection for breast cancer.
(This article originally appears in the Summer 2024 issue of Ms. Join the Ms. community today and you’ll get issues delivered straight to your mailbox!)
High schoolers’ back-to-school checklists often include binders and pens, but parents should also consider adding condoms. The CDC reports that young people aged 15-24 accounted for 53% of new STIs in 2020.
Condom availability programs (CAPs) aim to provide free condoms in schools, but uneven implementation and lack of funding leave gaps.
“New College is a flashpoint for what’s going on. We’re a cautionary tale.” —Amy Reid
With Project 2025 promising to do to higher education across the country what DeSantis has done to New College of Florida, Ms. sat down with New College professor Amy Reid to discuss how the college has changed since the takeover, and how faculty are fighting back. Reid joined the faculty at New College as a French professor in 1995 and helped develop the gender studies program at the college. After the takeover, her peers elected her chair of the faculty, making her a member of the board of trustees.
