Female filmmakers have shown that they can create important content by producing independent films that make their voices heard, but only 17% currently hold these positions. Further, only 2% are women ...

While societal stigmas affect people on a daily basis, this is particularly true when a person is a member of two or more marginalized groups. For example, there is an estimated 20 million LGBTQ+ ...

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Tabi Haly defies expectations. She's a woman with a progressive muscular illness; she can't move her body and she needs round-the-clock care from aides. She wasn't expected to go to college, or to get ...

Governments have declared the practice a human rights violation. But they have made exceptions that are divisive among parents, doctors and social workers. By Sarah Hurtes Sarah Hurtes reported from ...

Eliminating Barriers to Employment for Disabled Women Federal and state policymakers can help close employment and pay gaps that disabled women experience and, in turn, improve these women’s economic ...

Editor’s note: This story is part of As Equals, CNN’s ongoing series on gender inequality. For information about how the series is funded and more, check out our FAQs. Bengaluru, India — In May last ...