New Jersey is the eighth-worst state for women's equality in the United States in 2025, according to a recently published study by WalletHub. "Women's rights in the U.S. have made leaps and bounds ...

In 1972, President Richard Nixon signed a proclamation marking Aug. 26 Women’s Equality Day. Even now, the day commemorates and applauds the constitutional recognition of women’s suffrage and ...

Quad City women’s groups have planned a rally in observance of Women’s Equality Day, according to a news release. They will hold a rally to mark Women’s Equality Day with a slate of political ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marianne Schnall is a journalist who amplifies women’s leadership. Top row, from left: Fatima Goss Graves, Ai-jen Poo, Stacey ...

Alexis Dishman of Detroit is often confronted by the disparities facing women everyday— in her personal life as a Black woman and in her professional life as chief lending officer of Michigan Women ...

Correspondent photos / John Patrick Gatta Mahoning Valley Freedom Fighters event coordinator Janet Cobb, right, addresses the crowd at Tuesday’s Women’s Equality Day rally with Patience Morris of ...

The decline in women’s rights is measurable. In the 2025–26 Women, Peace and Security Index, Israel ranks 84 of 181 countries – behind Albania, Russia, and Saudi Arabia.

Attitudes began to change starting in December 2023, when Oxfam and a consortium of partners came together to implement a ...

Women’s Equality Day, celebrated every year, officially on Aug. 26, marks the granting of women’s right to vote, enshrined in the U.S. Constitution by the 19th Amendment in 1920. The Amendment ...

Each year on Women's Equality Day, people celebrate the history of the suffragist movement in the United States and honor those who helped pave the way for the passage of the 19th Amendment of the U.S ...

It’s hard to imagine, but it was only half a century ago that women were finally afforded the opportunity to compete for the same jobs as men in the workplace. I like to remind my female colleagues of ...