This is what the ‘zero-tolerance’ policy on the border means for people fleeing violence

Outgoing Planned Parenthood head says rights are ‘at risk under this government’

As more women are incarcerated in Mexico, so are their babies

Women filling Mexico’s prisons are the ‘lowest rungs of the drug trade’

Gold medalist Dominique Moceanu warned us 10 years ago about abuse in USA Gymnastics

Marchers: ‘I want to stand with my sisters’

Working in a garment factory may not bring this mother and daughter long-term economic stability

Are factories better in Bangladesh after Rana Plaza? That depends on who you ask.

How a sweatshop raid in an LA suburb changed the American garment industry

Her job at the mill bought her a new, better life

In Istanbul, outrage over Zara not paying garment workers

Meet Ali Cobby Eckermann, the poet who writes about being Native in Australia

Meet the women who escorted Jane Doe to her abortion

We asked Puerto Ricans about their future plans. Many want to stay and rebuild.

Meet the women combing through Puerto Rico, searching for veterans in need

It wasn’t easy, but we hand-delivered a letter to a grandmother in Puerto Rico

One Boston family’s wish to get a letter to their grandmother in Puerto Rico

Go on the road with Puerto Rico’s rising political star: San Juan Mayor Carmen Yulín Cruz

Human trafficking is a hidden aftermath of natural disasters

For domestic abuse survivors, finding safety amid natural disasters is ‘very complicated’

Coming to America: A mistake? Many parents of DACA recipients are wondering.

In New York, this statue causes some students to shudder

Chile eases one of the world’s strictest abortion bans

At 14, she tested positive for HIV — now she calls herself an HIVictor

What it means in South Africa when you are #blessed

The key to stopping HIV could someday be a vaginal ring or a needle in the butt

Why violence is linked to the rising rate of HIV in South Africa’s young women

South African artist Lady Skollie explains why she paints burning vaginas

Want to learn about sex? In South Africa, just turn on the radio.

At 16, she found out she was pregnant and HIV positive. That’s when she found her strength.

How do you judge a child soldier?

There’s a new Ebola vaccine — but the fight is far from over

It took a lifetime for this Queens grandma to open up about her experience being trafficked for sex

She thought she was going to be a teacher in Kuwait — instead she was trafficked

Sister Rosemary is a one-woman army in the fight against trafficking

Uganda’s abducted kids try to get their lives back to normal

Her family’s business was trafficking. But she broke free.

Female genital mutilation is illegal in the US. So why is it still happening?

‘Police were not an option.’ Undocumented women are now more afraid to report crimes.

Child brides are a little-known, but very real, problem in America today

How communities react to immigration restrictions? ‘People are buying tickets back home.’

The future of the International Criminal Court is in question, and that’s bad news for women

Unsure of the future, Mexican immigrants scramble to send money back home

What the Mexico City rule means to women around the world

Undocumented New Yorkers worry about the future of the city’s ID program

In North Carolina, immigrant farmworkers wonder about their place in America

In North Carolina, an immigrant church braces for the Trump administration

A North Dakota blizzard hits the Standing Rock protest camp hard

Protesters at Standing Rock celebrate an unexpected victory

A North Carolina family grapples with very different takes on the immigration debate

An immigrant family remembers the past and ponders their future under Trump

Young, undocumented and worried. What’s next for those who received DACA.

Colombian war victims struggle to find justice. For a while, this girl only wanted revenge.

Schools help Colombians remember what it means to forgive

For some Colombian guerrilla fighters, the rebels offered an escape

She misses being a guerrilla, but this former FARC fighter is starting a new life back home

This FARC victim in the US voted against Colombia’s peace deal