What is 'femtech' and why are investors taking note?
From home fertility tests to innovative period products, startups focused on women's health are springing up around the world and catching investors' attention
Italian court condemned for 'sexist stereotypes' in gang rape case
European Court of Human Rights criticises Italian court for comments about woman's underwear and relationships
Planned Parenthood, ACLU sue to block Arkansas ban on most abortions
The law is part of a conservative effort to overturn Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark case that guarantees a woman's right to abortion before a fetus is viable
Pregnant Latam women most vulnerable to COVID-19 - health agency
Because immune systems change during pregnancy, pregnant women are more vulnerable to respiratory infections, like COVID-19, and suffer more severe symptoms
Samoa's crisis seen harming gender equality in Pacific island politics
Female opposition leader held a ceremony to form government outside a locked parliament
Uganda to state agencies: No cash without a climate plan
A new bill says officials must set aside part of their budgets for climate change measures if they want government funding
El Salvador clandestine cemetery investigated as possible femicide mass grave
The incident has brought the issue of femicides into focus in the country of 6.7 million, which recorded 70 incidents of the crime last year
Rocked by new sex claims, World Health Organization appeals for information
Investigations by the Thomson Reuters Foundation and The New Humanitarian found many Congolese women who said they were coerced into sex by men who said they worked for aid groups
Pathbreaking trans woman in French rugby says time for other sports to follow
Alexia Cerenys urged other countries and sports to allow trans women to play after the French Rugby Federation defied World Rugby recommendations this week
Status of pregnancies outside marriage still unclear in UAE after law change
Premarital sex was decriminalised last year, but pregnant women still face challenges in getting insurance and registering births