INTERVIEW-Jimmy Carter: still causing a storm in his fight for women
"The one (women's rights issue) that concerns me the most is the murder of little baby girls, the aborting of them when they're found to be female"
What next for Africa's kidnapped girls?
Obiageli Ezekwesili, cofounder of the Bring Back Our Girls campaign, clings to hope that girls kidnapped by Boko Haram militants a year ago will return home
Campaign launches to elect first female U.N. Secretary-General
The U.N. has had eight leaders since its founding 70 years ago, all of them men.
Extremist groups dominate use of sexual violence in conflict
Armed extremist groups are now using sexual violence more than government-controlled groups in "catastrophic" new trend in war zones
Show us (on) the money: campaign promotes a female face on U.S. currency
The advocacy group plans to seek an endorsement of the winning candidate from the White House
It's official - many women become invisible after 49
Data, including metrics on health, employment, assets and domestic violence, appears to back up the view that women become invisible in middle age
Breastfeeding: Battle against bottle-feeding and bias still needed
From Sao Paulo to South Dakota, a flurry of protests and new laws on breastfeeding reflect a push by women to claim their right to breastfeed in public
The invisible older woman
Most data collection on the status of women stops after age 49, resulting in a dearth of information on older women
Women farmers stake their claims to land
Women do 66 percent of the world's farmwork, produce 50 percent of the food, but own less than 2 percent of the land
Workplaces with equal mix of men and women happiest - economist
Less absenteeism and turnover, higher productivity, compared to workplaces dominated by women or men