Women

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced Tuesday he's "proudly" ending a Pentagon program intended to advance women's participation in peace-building and security.

The big picture: The Women, Peace and Security program was signed into law by President Trump in his first term with bipartisan support, and was touted by the administration as an accomplishment that "advanced women's economic empowerment."

Trump's Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, then a Congressmember, was a co-sponsor of the bill.

The Trump administration is restoring financial support for a landmark study of women's health, an official said Thursday, reversing a defunding decision that shocked medical researchers.

"These studies represent critical contributions to our better understanding of women's health," said a statement from Andrew Nixon, a spokesman for the Department of Health and Human Services.

The White House has been hearing out a chorus of ideas in recent weeks for persuading Americans to get married and have more children, an early sign that the Trump administration will embrace a new cultural agenda pushed by many of its allies on the right to reverse declining birthrates and push conservative family values.

President Donald Trump said Tuesday that the idea of a "baby bonus" as a means to jump-start birth rates in the United States "sounds like a good idea to me."

Trump's answer to a question posed in the Oval Office came amid a New York Times report Monday that said the White House has been brainstorming ideas to reverse the country's declining birth rate.

President Donald Trump has backed what a published report said was a $5,000 “baby bonus” for women who give birth to help reverse a decline in the U.S. birth rate.

When asked Tuesday in the Oval Office about the possibility of providing a financial reward to women who give birth, Trump responded, “Sounds like a good idea to me.”

The UK Supreme Court is to deliver its verdict on how a woman should be defined in law.

The announcement marks the culmination of a long-running legal battle between the Scottish government and a women's group.

The outcome could have far-reaching implications on how sex-based rights apply across Scotland, England and Wales.

As the battle over President Donald Trump’s executive order ending birthright citizenship heats up, the administration is cracking down on an underground industry in California where Chinese nationals pay money to baby brokers who get pregnant Chinese women into the country so their babies are born U.S. citizens.

Officials say these couples are often housed in luxury apartments or large mansions in the suburbs of Los Angeles, which neighbors call “baby farms.” 

Archimedes Banya will allow trans people at its monthly ladies-only and men-only nights, in a reversal of a recent policy that drew criticism and an investigation.

The full-nude Russian bathhouse in the Bayview announced the change Wednesday. The spa now asks attendees of its “Special Women’s Night” event “to keep their genitals covered” to respect the religious and cultural beliefs of women “who feel most comfortable in a space without visible genitals.”

The founder of a women-only gym has found herself at the center of a social media storm—with both critics and supporters—after she walked-back her initial plans to include trans-female clients.

Natalee Barnett, a 25-year-old fitness influencer from the U.K. with hundreds of thousands of followers across various platforms online, has been updating her "nataleebfitness" fans for years about her plan to open her own gym. She is currently preparing to open a venue in London called "The Girls Spot" catering specifically for women.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom refuses to protect women’s sports just days after he claimed it was “unfair” for men to play in women’s sports.

In a podcast featuring Turning Point founder Charlie Kirk, Newsom said men in women’s sports are “unfair” but did not answer Kirk’s question as to whether men should be prohibited.

Newsom then suggested that there needs to be a way to balance fairness with the mental health of these young men, otherwise they might “commit suicide.”

“There’s also a humility and a grace...