public policy

Researchers find that air pollutants can worsen menopause symptoms by causing estrogen to decline faster.

Amelia Risinit explains why women’s mental health is -- and should be -- an intersectional feminist issue.

U.S. law, government, and employers offer few accommodations for menopause symptoms in the workplace.

Using clear infographics, this interactive report provides an overview of online violence and how it affects women across 86 countries.

This episode explores how to make retirement meaningful and successful. Guests: artist Linda Keene, sociologists Kendra Jason and Toni Calasanti, and researcher Jill Steinberg.

Law professor Michele Gilman speaks to Our Bodies Ourselves' Sasha Goodfriend about menstrual cycle tracking apps and how corporations, governments, and legal entities co-opt our personal data. She also shares tips and resources for using devices safely.

In the 19th century, the US and the UK had similar rates of midwife-attended births. But over time, this changed. Ellie Rose Mattoon explores the history of midwifery care in the two countries.

Abortion bans criminalize immigrant communities and make it more difficult for immigrants in detention to receive timely reproductive health care. This fact sheet discusses why, and how we can improve immigrants' access to services.

This overview of Social Security includes the special importance of the federal government program to women

Scholars, activists, and policy makers gathered at the Menstruation, Law, and Justice Symposium to make important policy proposals for menstrual education, health, and justice. What did they recommend?

Activists Ai-jen Poo and Sarita Gupta share personal stories of caregiving and the need for policy change in a podcast interview.

I worked as a teacher and coach in a medium security prison in Sogamoso, Colombia. I have seen many shocking things in my work Particularly upsetting is the paltry number of menstrual pads (about 25 per year) that women inmates receive.