Hate crime laws should protect women, UK legal regulator says
After years of campaigning by women’s rights activists, Britain’s Law Commission is moving to make misogyny a hate crime
Trump-appointed justice could signal major Supreme Court shift on abortion
If Trump does replace liberal icon Ruth Bader Ginsburg, a heavily right-leaning court may be emboldened to roll back abortion rights
Women eye cabinet positions after Bougainville election
Female candidates match the four seats won in 2015, with the new president urged to include more women in cabinet
OPINION: Rushing Ruth Bader Ginsburg's successor would defile Ginsburg’s legacy
Ginsburg, a stalwart liberal and feminist icon, died on Friday at age 87, prompting a political battle over her successor
Ginsburg movies 'RBG' and 'On the Basis of Sex' re-released to support women's rights
Documentary "RBG" and biographical movie "On the Basis of Sex" were re-released following Ginsburg's passing
Kenya's parliament to challenge dissolution bid over lack of women
Kenya's 2010 constitution states no more than two-thirds of any elected body can be of the same gender but women hold 22% of seats in the lower house of parliament and 31% in the upper house
Girls tackle child marriage on the football pitch in India
Soccer initiative aims to give child brides new opportunities, and the confidence to stand up for their rights
Thailand's sex workers petition to decriminalise prostitution
Activists say Thailand's prostitution law, which criminalises sex work, does little to protect sex workers
Anger as Hong Kong court keeps 'discriminatory' live-in rule for migrant maids
The requirement for foreign domestic workers to live with their employers has long been denounced as unfair and inhumane
Who is Zendaya? The young Black actress making Emmys history
The 24-year-old is the youngest woman to win an Emmy for best actress in a drama - and only the second Black woman to do so