Displaced Iraqi Christian women who fled from Islamic State militants in Mosul, cook for refugees living at a mall still under construction, which is now used as a refugee camp in Erbil
Displaced Iraqi Christian women who fled from Islamic State militants in Mosul, cook for refugees living at a mall still under construction, which is now used as a refugee camp in Erbil September 6, 2014. REUTERS/Ahmed Jadallah (IRAQ - Tags: CIVIL UNREST POLITICS FOOD)
Young People 'Want In' on Post-2015 U.N. Goals
Fourteen years ago when the United Nations met to create a plan to eliminate poverty worldwide, it left out key voices in the discussion: young women. We want to change that in helping to set the Post-2015 Development Agenda.
Kay Hagan Is Target in Battle for Senate
The North Carolina Democrat is in the most expensive race in the state's history. She is one of eight women in battleground races for control of the Senate. The second in a series on money, women and the fight for the Senate.
Latina's Coming Out Fissures her Family
Raised in a Cuban/Colombian family in New Jersey, Daisy Hernández reflects on how her revelation that she's bisexual shocked and hurt her mother and aunts in this excerpt from her memoir "A Cup of Water Under My Bed."
Activist calls child marriage as much a crime as rape
Without increased effort to curb early marriage, nearly 1.2 billion girls under 18 will be married in 2050
Social worker and addiction specialist Starks leads a group of homeless men and women on a morning walking and running program in Boston
Social worker and addiction specialist Billie Starks (R) leads a group of homeless men and women on a morning walking and running program co-sponsored by Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and the Back On My Feet program in Boston, Massachusetts September 5, 2014. Participants in the informal group, led by Starks, meet three mornings a week to jog or walk together, depending on their abilities. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES - Tags: SOCIETY HEALTH)
Homeless men and women huddle up with social workers for a morning walking and running program in Boston
Homeless men and women huddle up with social workers for a morning walking and running program co-sponsored by Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program and the Back On My Feet program in Boston, Massachusetts September 5, 2014. Participants in the informal group, led social worker and addiction specialist Billie Starks from the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program, meet three mornings a week to jog or walk together, depending on their abilities. REUTERS/Brian Snyder (UNITED STATES - Tags: HEALTH SOCIETY)
Estonian security police say officer abducted on Russian border
ESTONIA-KIDNAPPING:Estonian security police say officer abducted on Russian border
Women are much more powerful in agriculture than you might think
Many women work in accounting, marketing, sales and other mid-level roles in agriculture, but their influence is often hidden