All-Women College Protests Male Admission
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More than a third of Wells College's all-female student body protested trustees' decision admit male students Sunday, sleeping in the lobby of the administration building or in the 15 tents set up on the lawn outside.
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A week after he was criticized for suggesting there are biological differences in men's and women's scientific abilities, the president of Harvard University said he initiated a new program to recruit women to the prestigious institution.
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Hundreds of Turkish women marched on parliament Tuesday to protest a proposal to outlaw adultery, a measure that could undermine the Muslim nation's hopes of being accepted into the prosperous European Union.
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Saudi Arabian women mount a challenge to the ban on female drivers in a rare sign of public opposition to the kingdom's ultra-conservative social mores.
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Almost 20 percent of the female cadets at The Citadel last spring reported they had been sexually assaulted since enrolling at the military college, according to results of a survey released by the school Wednesday.
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Women academics are being discriminated against in terms of money and promotion, lecturers claim.
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Ten years ago, The Citadel threw open its doors to women after a protracted, heated legal fight. On Saturday, a new class of 650 freshmen &#151; including about 40 women &#151; arrive. But the challenge of bringing women into the once all-male cadet corps isn't over. Some male cadets and alumni still don't like the idea.
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It was billed as a proud and historic day for Indian women, as lawmakers prepare to vote on Thursday for the country's first ever female president. But it has turned instead into a major embarrassment for the government.
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A movement is growing on college campuses to boycott Coca-Cola for alleged labor and environmental abuses
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Female students from an Islamic seminary have staged a sit-in to protest the governmentâs demolition of two illegally built mosques.
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According to a report released yesterday by the Government Accountability Office, women's participation in NCAA sports has grown at a faster rate than men's since 1991, but men's participation levels have remained higher across the board.
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The harassment of new students, or "ragging," remains a stubborn problem on India's college campuses
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An appeals court ruled that colleges may keep recruiters off campus to protest the exclusion of gays from the military.
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A landmark sex-equity law should protect people who report complaints of discrimination, the Supreme Court was told yesterday as it heard arguments in the case of an Alabama coach who was fired when he protested the unequal treatment of his girls&#39; high
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Advocates for home-schooled students have, almost by their nature, a grievance against the educational establishment.
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Thousands of secular Turks rallied on  Saturday against a plan by the government to allow women  students to wear the Muslim headscarf at university, a move  they say will usher in a stricter form of Islam in Turkey.
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The deans at two top law schools have admonished the operators of an Internet message board that hosts chats containing personal attacks against female students and racist and homophobic remarks. Letters written by the deans at Yale University and the University of Pennsylvania law schools, were...