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A 'Happy' song in India has a complicated backstory
According to the last census, India has 500,000 self-declared transgender people. And since April 2014, the Indian government has mandated that forms have a “third gender” box on forms, along with male...
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Syrian refugee girls in Jordan dress up for the future they want for themselves
The raging civil war in Syria has displaced more than 4.5 million people, but young refugee girls in Lebanon are being given hope for their futures thanks to a collaboration between the International...
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You can get a college scholarship for being a virgin in South Africa
For struggling college students, the Maiden’s Bursary Award offers a financial lifeline — with strict conditions.Under the terms of the grant, recently given to 16 young Zulu women, the recipients must...
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Why there aren't more minorities working in tech
A few years ago, we looked at why there aren’t more women in tech, and how to fix it. We thought the story ended there, but one of our listeners set us straight.Not only are minorities (including...
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A USC program is changing the face of the predominantly-male gaming world
For the second year in a row, in 2015 the US video game industry brought in more than $13 billion in sales, thanks in part to mostly violent and testosterone-driven games.While shooting, sport, and...
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Women are demanding the right to worship at India's temples
From petitions in the Supreme Court to hashtags and helicopters, women have been getting creative about expressing their right to offer prayer at some of India’s temples that restrict the entry of...
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As Brazil marks Carnival, women worry about Zika
For the first 27 years he was in practice, most patients were thrilled to visit Dr. Pedro Pires’s ultrasound clinic, where he and his magic machine would give them a first, grainy glimpse at their...
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Just 'cause you're a feminist doesn't mean you'll vote for a woman
So why didn't you vote for Hillary Clinton?Christine Seibert represented many New Hampshire women with this defense of her candidate, Bernie Sanders.“He's been a feminist ... for a very long time,” she...
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This children's book is starting a national conversation about corruption in...
“Gbagba” means “trickery” or “cheating” in the Bassa language spoken by hundreds of thousands of people in the West African country of Liberia. It’s also come to mean “corruption.”Everyday graft and...
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Born Chinese, raised American, an adoptee explores her identity
Before Maya Ludtke was Maya Ludtke, cherished American daughter, she was an abandoned baby girl in eastern China, when the one child policy and a traditional preference for boys landed her in an...
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One side effect of Colombia's civil war: cheap household help. But domestic...
After a 50-year civil war, Colombia is close to signing a peace deal with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), the main rebel group in the country. That treaty could radically change...
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Emtithal Mahmoud and the poetry of resilience
Emtithal Mahmoud is having quite the senior year at Yale.In October, she won the International World Poetry Slam Championship in Washington, DC. In November she was named one of the BBC’s 100 Women of...
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This quiz will make you smarter about the Zika virus
Zika virus is no stranger to people. It was first identified in Uganda in 1947 and outbreaks have been recorded in countries in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Pacific.However, the mosquito-borne...
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What Beyoncé's 'Formation' means to the Clinton, Sanders battle
When Beyoncé — Queen Bey — sang, “OK, ladies, now let’s get in formation,” the Super Bowl crowd and millions of television viewers went wild.Beyoncé’s new song is actually a take down on critics, and a...
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This chef cooks Swedish in New York — and shoots Texan in Dallas
You can get Swedish food at IKEA — meatballs and the rest — and it’s pretty good.Or, for a few dollars more (OK, lots of dollars more) you can get it at Aquavit in New York, a big-name restaurant...
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Zika is a window into a much bigger story in Brazil
As the country where doctors first noticed a suspected link between the Zika virus and serious birth defects, Brazil is the epicenter of the Zika-related global health emergency.But Zika is only part...
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A former UN climate chief's promotion has set off renewed fury over sexual...
The Indian media and women’s rights activists here are up in arms again about a sexual harassment case that first came to light last year.The alleged perpetrator in this case is an internationally...
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Abortion: What some Mexicans wish Pope Francis would take head on
Pope Francis ends his visit to Mexico in Ciudad Juárez, just across the border from El Paso. He will drive home the themes of his visit here — migration, poverty and asking people to shun drug...
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Here's one way to escape death row in Vietnam: Get pregnant
A convicted drug trafficker in Vietnam looks set to avoid the death penalty after becoming pregnant in prison.Nguyen Thi Hue, 42, is being held in a jail in the northeastern province of Quang Ninh,...
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The trolls are winning. GamerGate case will not go to trial.
In the battle over online harassment, it looks like the trolls are winning.In the summer of 2014, Zoe Quinn, an online game developer and reviewer, went through a breakup with her boyfriend. He...
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