When we hear “women’s health,” we should picture everything from the food labels that warn us about the hidden, unhealthy ingredients in packaged food to the policies that ban smoking in public spaces ...

“Hostile Border” is also opening this week and it’s a thrilling meditation on the problem of identity for those breaching the U.S.-Mexico border. “Armenia, My Love” and “Echo Park” are also highly ...

Unlike in real life, telenovelas are promoting a prominent role for the female domestic worker in the predominantly middle class and wealthy families that employ her, a Cinderella story of sorts. But ...

It was difficult to miss the headlines on January 24, 2024, citing the staggering number of reported rapes (519,981) that occurred in the US just 18 months after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v.

I always thought being pregnant was going to be a magical experience. While it has been incredible and mind blowing, it really has just been downright uncomfortable; backaches and extreme congestion ...

With no protections or rights for domestic workers in Cambodia, an expat here has started a job training center that requires employers to pay a decent wage, provide one day off a week, offer paid ...

After Japan agreed to pay $8.3 million to a South Korean foundation that aids comfort women, a handful of Filipina survivors want that same recognition. But they also refuse to give up their freedom ...

It’s a slow week ahead of the Oscar nominations, but these two movies deserve your attention. “The Forest,” the year’s first femme-centric horror flick, is also getting released, and it’s a real ...

Go see this profile of the influential thinker. Another must-see opening this week is the drama “Wedding Doll.” But don’t bother with Melissa McCarthy’s latest negative caricature of female ambition ...

It was a routine visit to the brothel in New Delhi as a part of the awareness drive on HIV/AIDS that changed their lives. Seeing the desperation in the eyes of a terror-stricken 14-year-old girl while ...

“Maggie’s Plan,” which also opens May 20, congregates New York indie film royalty, but disappoints any high hopes. “The Abolitionists” also just opened, a documentary about child trafficking.

A concerned adult worries sex trafficking could be going on amid the pot smoking and video and card games. But she can’t get past a “code of silence and secrecy.” One teen calls the BDSM at the heart ...