The goal each year is to “shine a light ... how women of different ages around the world have inspired, contributed to, empowered and built up their communities, their families and the lives of others ...

She was Queen of England for just nine days before being executed at age 17, marking the shortest reign in British history. Now new research suggests a portrait that has gone on display in Britain ...

A 19-year-old mechanic in Nigeria who maintains the water supply, a ground-breaking jazz guitarist from Sudan, deep-sea diving women in their ... annual "Shining a Light" document photo contest ...

The Muhammad Ali Center in Louisville, Kentucky, has a new photo exhibit in honor of International Women's Day ... Center's eleventh annual "Shining a Light" document photo contest, chosen ...