Olympics - Flagbearers to send messages of equality and justice at opening ceremony
Each nation was asked to select two flagbearers in a push for greater gender equality
Spanish Olympics swimmer had to leave breastfeeding son at home
Spanish synchronised swimmer Ona Carbonell said she is disappointed that she cannot take her breastfeeding son with her to the Tokyo Olympics
For the first time, Saudi women stand guard in Mecca during haj
Since April, dozens of female soldiers have become part of the security services that monitor pilgrims in Mecca and Medina
Women hardest-hit in pandemic job market, U.N. labour body says
Globally, between 2019 and 2020, 4.2% of women's employment was eliminated as a result of the pandemic
Uber reaches agreement in California sexual assault data request
Uber and California officials find common ground over user privacy and agency of sexual assault survivors
EU court says headscarves can be banned at work under certain conditions
The EU court already ruled in 2017 that companies may ban staff from wearing headscarves and other visible religious symbols under certain conditions
Amnesty says migrants in Libyan camps forced to trade sex for clean water
Amnesty International says migrants in Libyan detention camps are subject to horrific sexual violence at the hands of guards
Sharp-eyed grandmothers combat looting and crime in South Africa
Grandmothers are joining community patrols - from their patios - to help reduce crime on Johannesburg's dangerous streets
Malaysian mothers fight government over 'sexist' citizenship law
Citizenship law risks trapping women in abusive marriages and exacerbates brain drain, say mothers taking government to court
Jailed transgender women in Cameroon to be released pending appeal
The women received the maximum sentence of five years in prison and steep fines for "attempted homosexuality," public indecency and failing to carry identification