Record number of Black women set to run for U.S. Congress
At least 122 Black or mixed-race women have filed to run for congressional seats in this year's election
Court revives Ashley Judd's sexual harassment case against Harvey Weinstein
After Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in prison, actress Ashley Judd has resurfaced her case
Afghan women demand right to be named on children's documents
Women's rights campaigners have long pushed to be named on official documents including their children's birth certificates, which like Afghan identity documents carry only the father's name
Afghan girl takes up motocross and champions women's rights
Negin Afshar took up motorcross a year ago to prove Afghan women can be tough, but fears it may not be so easy in future
As coronavirus bites in Bangladesh, a former sex worker helps women still on the streets
Rina Akter has built a support network of doctors, pharmacists, NGO officials and donors, becoming a go-to person for hundreds of sex workers in Dhaka
Poland faces 'consequences' if exits women's rights treaty - France
France's Clément Beaune said Poland could be "hit in the wallet" if it withdrew from the treaty
Providing women with contraception could save poor countries billions
A new study shows every extra $1 spent on contraceptive services would save $3 in maternal, newborn, and abortion care
Johnny Depp was the victim of 'abuser' Heard, court told
Depp is suing News Group Newspapers, publishers of The Sun, over a 2018 article that called him a "wife beater"
Australian MP dons garbage bag to protest 'rubbish' sexism in politics
The lawmaker asked whether people are 'sick of sexist garbage' before calling out a columnist who criticised her clothing choices
N.Korean women faced torture, rape, malnourishment in detention, says U.N. report
The report was based on accounts from more than 100 women who later escaped to South Korea