OPINION: Violence: the parallel pandemic to COVID-19
The restrictions put in place to help stop the spread of COVID-19 have, unintentionally, created serious barriers to reaching people in situations of trafficking or violence and bringing them to safety
Washington Post names Sally Buzbee first woman to lead newsroom
Sally Buzbee has been executive editor and senior vice president of the Associated Press since early 2017
Prosecutors shelve case over Cairo hotel gang rape allegation for 'insufficent evidence'
Encouraged by the #MeToo movement, the woman who said she was drugged and gang raped at the hotel posted an anonymous account online before filing a formal complaint
Afghan girls torn between fears and ambitions after school attack
Amid targeted attacks on women in Afghanistan, many fear extremist groups could threaten years of gains in girls' education
French stunt school's 'badass' women snapped up by film industry
Rising numbers of women are training at Europe's stunt school as demand for female superheroes grows
Amnesty: Yemen's Houthis must release model fearing 'virginity testing'
Rights group calls for release of Intisar al-Hammad, 26, whose lawyers said she has been threatened with an invasive virginity test
Poland, Hungary block 'gender equality' from EU social summit
Right-wing leaders team up to remove direct pledge to 'promote gender equality' from declaration on building social cohesion
Olympics-Females told to 'be quiet' on transgender issue - ex-weightlifter
Former Olympic weightlifter Tracey Lambrechs said female athletes were being told not to complain about the fairness of trans athlete Laurel Hubbard competing in women's competitions
Pleas for help in India as COVID-19 leaves children without carers
The exponential rise in infections and deaths has left some children, particularly in poor communities, without a carer because their parents or other relatives are too ill to cope or have died