Women build a future in construction

Women now hold 38% of jobs in traditionally majority-male professional roles, up from 23% just a few decades ago. In many ...
People

Woman in Labor Says She Snapped at Her Sister-in-Law for Unsolicited Advice: 'She Has Since Unfriended Me on Facebook'

“Perhaps I shouldn't have been texting in the group chat while in labor,” the mom of three wondered on Reddit Brian Anthony Hernandez, who has nearly 20 years of journalism experience, joined PEOPLE ...
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A hospital discharged a woman in labor. This lawmaker wants change.

An Illinois congresswoman is proposing new legislation to address systemic issues around maternal healthcare, racial disparities and hospital accountability after one of her constituents was ...

Gender stereotypes reflect the division of labor between women and men across nations

Researchers at Northwestern University and the University of Bern in Switzerland have conducted the first cross-temporal, ...
For Construction Pros

5 Things You Should Know About Women in Construction

Ever since the industry began, jobs in the construction industry were notoriously seen as men’s jobs. While more women have started joining the industry, there is still a major discrepancy between the ...

As childcare costs surpass inflation, more women leave the labor market

KEY TAKEAWAYS The rate of price increases for daycare in September 2025 was 1.5 times higher than the overall inflation rate.Rather than paying for pricy childcare, more parents, specifically women, ...
The Root

How Black Women Can Rescue the Labor Movement

After spending more than 25 combined years promoting the trade union movement and protecting the right to organize in the United States and around the world, we see the report “And Still I Rise: Black ...
AOL

Bill would require hospitals to give women in labor a plan if they're told to go home

A new bill will head to Congress to prevent women from being turned away or sent home from a hospital while in active labor, after a video circulated of a Black woman writhing in pain at an Indiana ...
University of California

Democracies boost women’s participation in the labor market

Troiano analyzed data from the Polity IV Project, which measures the degree of democracy or autocracy in countries over time, assigning each country a numerical score ranging from -10 (full autocracy) ...
EURweb

Congressional Bill Seeks to Stop Hospitals from Turning Away Black Women in Labor

*Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) has introduced legislation aimed at preventing hospitals from discharging women during active labor, particularly addressing the disproportionate risks Black women face in ...
The Washington Post

A homeless woman said she was in labor. Police cited her anyway.

A Louisville police officer approached a woman standing beside a mattress underneath an interstate bridge in September, ready to cite her for unlawful camping. “I’m waiting for an ambulance, I might ...