Gender

45 Stories

Women were already unequal in the world of global health. The pandemic made it worse

A new report from Women in Global Health looks at how much ground was lost — and what the impact is on health care.
By
Melody Schreiber

Mar 24, 2023 at 11:40 am NPR
KUOW Blog

Bill would protect runaway youth seeking gender-affirming care
By
Deborah Wang

Feb 07, 2023 at 1:49 pm
Soundside

Hear it again: Defying the odds, one patient at a time

Seattle author and doctor Patricia Grayhall went to medical school in the early 1970s, when gender discrimination and homophobia were commonplace in the field. Grayhall was forced to hide her identity as a lesbian and she faced sexism from superiors and colleagues.
By
Libby Denkmann

Sarah Leibovitz

Noel Gasca

Dec 20, 2022 at 11:59 am
Seattle Now

The voter formerly known as 'Soccer Mom'

White suburban women are one of the key groups of voters who will decide this midterm election. Traditionally, it’s a demographic that’s hard to pin down. And this year, inflation and abortion are shifting the votes, making it hard for candidates to tell who’s got the vote. UW assistant teaching professor and political consultant Cathy Allen will give us some insight.
By
Patricia Murphy

Brandi Fullwood

Nov 07, 2022 at 5:01 am
Women leaders switch jobs at record rates as they demand better from their workplaces

Women leaders — already in short supply — are leaving their companies at rates not seen in years, a new report says. For every woman at the director level who gets promoted, two women directors leave.
By
Rachel Treisman

Oct 28, 2022 at 9:23 am NPR
Washington state fights Tacoma therapist over conversion therapy

Lawyers with the Washington Attorney General’s office are in federal court defending the state's ban on conversion therapy.
By
Paige Browning

May 24, 2022 at 10:54 am
Speakers Forum

New book traces Black women’s innovative advances across the history of human rights

‘Black women have been deeply engaged in trying to figure out how to get this country to accept, to understand, to learn about human rights.’
By
Kendra Hanna

Mar 09, 2022 at 12:51 pm
Speakers Forum

Trans history and one man’s struggle to correct ‘a ghastly mistake’

‘Dr E. Forbes-Sempill henceforth wishes to be known as Dr Ewan Forbes-Sempill’
By
John O'Brien

Jan 06, 2022 at 7:03 pm
Who belongs at a women's college in 2021? Students want admissions policies to change

Women's colleges have adapted admissions policies for a generation that increasingly identifies as nonbinary. Hollins University's exclusion of nonbinary applicants has raised hackles.
By
Melissa Block

Nov 26, 2021 at 4:00 am NPR
RadioActive

This developers academy welcomes non-tech bros to the industry

In 2020, only about a quarter of professional computing jobs in the United States were held by women, according to the National Center for Women and Information Technology. One Seattle group is trying to change that and ensure women, people of color, and gender-diverse people are able to show up as themselves in this industry.
By
Soraya Marashi

Oct 14, 2021 at 3:50 pm