Badass Women

Have you ever felt like you can’t be yourself around others or that you never fit in? Serena Williams knows all...

Deb Haaland of the Laguna Pueblo tribe may be the first Native American woman in the United States Congress. New York...

When we think of the March for Our Lives event that took place in Washington, D.C. last month, as well as...

Flight attendants are among the most likely to experience incidences of sexual assault and harassment while on the job. NYMM has...

Professional skater Lizzie Armanto made history in November 2016 when she became the first female skateboarder ever to be featured on...

All Nippon Airways (ANA), the largest passenger airline in Japan, serves as the sponsor for the Ladies Professional Golf Association’s first...

An Iranian woman has been sentenced to two years in prison after publicly removing her headscarf in protest of the mandatory...

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced that Brenda Lucki has been appointed to serve as the chief of the Royal...

Dr. Pareena G. Lawrence’s experience as a student in an all-girls school unveiled a passion for economics that eventually led to...

When the #MeToo movement first gained traction, I never imagined that I’d see the movement with my own two eyes. But...

13-year-old Diana Yturbe from Lake Hiawatha, New Jersey has officially proven that girls can be successful weightlifters at any age. Yturbe...

Jamaica’s population of women outnumbers men. As a result, women have become key leaders in three different Christian denominations in Jamaica:...

Growing up in Canada, Gabrielle Degagne never noticed the lack of female role models in extreme sports. It wasn’t until she...

In 1995, a young woman ascended the steps leading up to a big white building to begin an unpaid internship that...

325 years after its founding, the College of William and Mary (W&M) in Williamsburg, VA has appointed scholar Katherine Rowe to...

Helen Sloane Dudman, 93, an Ellsworth, Maine-based businesswoman and a pioneer of state freedom of information laws, passed away from congestive heart...

I recently had the chance to interview Hayley Mills, an Academy Award-, Golden Globe-, and BAFTA-winning actor who is currently continuing...

Meet Kikkan Randall, or “Kikkanimal,” a cross-country skier who has earned six “firsts” throughout her career and made an incredible comeback this...

In India, over 5.5M people live with disabilities related to mobility, yet most hotels, vehicles, and toilets are inaccessible to those...

It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Pakistani human rights lawyer and social activist Asma Jahangir. She...

Mirai Nagasu’s parents wanted their daughter to play golf, but a rainy day forced the family indoors and Nagasu discovered the...

On March 27th, 2001, 18-year-old Linda Loaiza was kidnapped in Caracas, Venezuela by a man named Luis Alberto Carrera Almoina. Loaiza’s...

When 15-year-old Pinky Kumari refused to be married off to a 22-year-old widowed man, her story brought to light the ever-present...

Though Saudi Arabia is known as one of the most restrictive countries for women, the nation has been making some progress...