SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Women from multiple generations walked together late last year down trafficked avenues flanked by government buildings with a view of the Atlantic Ocean. Some held ...

What gives? Before she was secretary of justice, Vázquez spent seven years as the director of Puerto Rico’s women’s affairs office, which promotes gender equality and works to prevent ...

Puerto Rico has declared a state of emergency this week over violence against women — a move activists are hoping will help stem the tide of gender-based killings on the island, which average to ...

Sen. Ana Irma Rivera Lassén knows a lot about being the first. Rivera Lassén, the Puerto Rico honoree for USA TODAY's Women of the Year, reflects on the experiences that brought her to where ...

Young, urban and poor women in Puerto Rico are highly vulnerable to substance dependency and suffer most in the opioid crisis ...

When Puerto Rico became a colony of the US in 1898, much of its population was living in poverty. The US government and Puerto Rico's appointed government instituted an economic development ...

(Photo courtesy of Colectiva Resistencia Cimmarona) “We know that in Puerto Rico and in the United States, more than 50% of Black women are outside of the work field. This is not just because ...