Afghanistan's Taliban say working on reopening girls' high schools
The Taliban said last week they would open schools for high school-aged boys, but not girls
Biden calls on U.S. Supreme Court to protect abortion rights
Women athletes including soccer star Megan Rapinoe have also spoken out over Mississippi's move to restrict abortions
Poor, Black, Hispanic bear brunt of Texas abortion law
Texas's near-total abortion ban will affect Poor, Black and Hispanic women the most as other states brace for similar restrictions
San Marino abortion debate heats up ahead of historic referendum
A "Yes" vote in San Marino will allow abortion up to 12 weeks of pregnancy and thereafter only in the case of the mother's life being in danger or of grave malformation of the foetus
Some Afghan girls return to school, others face anxious wait
The new Taliban ministry of education gave a statement that gave no indication of when girls might be able to go back to their classes.
'I was interested in everything that boys played' Meet Nona Gaprindashvili, chess's first female grandmaster
Born in Soviet Georgia in 1941, Nona Gaprindashvili began playing chess at age five. By 37, she was a grandmaster. The Thomson Reuters Foundation speaks to one of the legends of the chess game.
Change rape definition, stop restricting media, Europe tells Poland
European institutions have criticised Poland for setbacks to women's sexual and reproductive health and rights, as well as discrimination of gays, suggesting that the EU withholds funds to Warsaw
'This is how we dress': Afghan women overseas pose in colourful attire
Posing in colourful attire, Afghan women staged an online protest on Twitter using #DoNotTouchMyClothes to denounce a new dress code introduced by the Taliban
Chinese #MeToo plaintiff heads back to court for what could be last time
Zhou Xiaoxuan has accused television personality Zhu Jun at state broadcaster CCTV of groping and forcibly kissing her when she was an intern
Advocates see 'chaos' if U.S. Supreme Court guts abortion rights
Religious conservatives have long wanted to overturn a landmark 1970s ruling that said states cannot ban abortion before the viability of the fetus outside the womb