Esther was sleeping on the streets of Lagos when a woman approached her with the promise of a route out of Nigeria to a job and a home in Europe. She had dreamt of a new life, especially in the UK.

There was no such thing as reproductive freedom for poor women in early modern Catholic Europe.” A new article in the Journal of Modern History examines several facets of “reproductive unfreedom” in ...

Solo female travelers, reportedly, face opaque visa processes where being single and child-free can be perceived as a risk. Despite financial stability and strong documentation, rejections often lack ...