Kamala Harris breaks barriers as America's next vice president
Kamala Harris is the first woman, first Black American and first Asian American to win election as the U.S. vice president
UAE cancels lenient penalties for 'honour killings'
Judges will no longer be allowed to issue lighter sentences for murders of women and girls in so-called 'honour' cases, the government said
Gender pay gap narrows only marginally in Europe
Leaders call for action as latest data shows European women face an average 14% pay gap as compared to male workers
Mexico's Senate approves digital violence law to stem 'revenge porn'
The measure would ban sharing of 'sexual content' without consent and bar promotion of sexist stereotypes and hate messages online
INTERVIEW - Gritty Lebanese film challenges marital rape impunity in Arab world
Farah Shaer's new short film spotlights a culture that fails to protect women who are raped by their husbands
U.S. voters split over abortion access in election votes
Colorado voters go one way, Louisiana voters the other, on abortion questions on ballot
Polish abortion ban seen triggering wider retreat on women's rights
As Warsaw restricts abortion, activists fear a knock-on effect for millions of women, minorities across eastern Europe
Kamala Harris inspires women leaders in her ancestral Indian village
Villagers in Thulasendrapuram are taking a keen interest in the progress of U.S. vice presidential Democrat candidate Kamala Harris
Pakistani police rescue Christian teen forced to convert, marry
Forced conversion and marriage of girls from minority religions is a growing problem in Pakistan, campaigners say
Poland needs calm to discuss disputed abortion ruling -government
Widespread outrage among women and others greeted the abortion ruling which bans terminations due to foetal defects