Women's health expert Felicia Stewart, who brought emergency contraception to the attention of some key physicians and medical officials before the pills were widely available, died Thursday.

That same day, Colorado Governor Bill Owens vetoed a bill that would have enabled women to get EC directly from a pharmacist. (Meanwhile, both candidates for Colorado governor are anti-choice.)

The number of women murdered in Guatemala is rising steadily, and has more than tripled since 2000. Authorities have devoted scant resources and spotty attention to the crisis.

While gender parity may take decades, women continue to move into corporate America’s executive ranks. (Ahem, "Thanks, feminists!")

The South Dakota legislation banning abortion also allows people to donate anonymously to a state fund bankrolling a legal challenge to Roe v. Wade. But the SD attorney general announced this week that the names of donors are required to be public record.

Victims of domestic violence face an uphill battle in retaining custody of their kids.

Housework, apparently, is still women's work.

Director Nicole Holofcener on capturing the female experience in her movies.

A Portland police chief who has "spoken out against sexual discrimination and criticized officers who treat women as inferior," was recently slapped with a sexual harassment lawsuit.

How to decrease HIV rates in India? Organize the sex workers.

Another study shows that fetuses can't feel pain.