OPINION: Businesses can change patriarchal gender cultures: What Solomon Islands teaches us
The signs are clear that advancing gender equality improves business outcomes through increased productivity and innovation
FACTBOX-Myanmar on trial for Rohingya genocide – the legal cases
Soldiers, police, and Buddhist villagers are alleged to have razed hundreds of villages in the western Rakhine state, torturing residents as they fled, carrying out mass-killings and gang-rapes
Two members of Spain's 'Wolf Pack' sentenced for filming gang-rape
The men, who include a former policeman and a former soldier, shared videos of the incident in a WhatsApp group and joked about it shortly afterwards
Danish study rejects link between abortion and suicide
Suicide attempts are mostly closely associated with having previous contact with psychiatric services or use of medication to treat depression, anxiety or psychosis
Congo court hands life sentence to warlord for murder, sexual violence
United Nations investigators say his forces were responsible for abducting and repeatedly gang raping at least 17 women in a cave last year
Men in UK and U.S. seen growing less comfortable with women leaders
In the United States, men's attitudes to female leaders grew more negative and just 49% said they would be "very comfortable" with a woman as head of government
The F-word is back as most young UK women identify as feminists
Among women aged 18 to 24, 67% associate themselves with the term feminist
With incoming Argentine president, abortion rights could expand
President-elect Alberto Fernandez has announced plans to propose a law decriminalising abortion once he takes office on Dec. 10, saying reproductive rights are a public health issue
Large gender bias class action vs Sterling Jewelers revived -US appeals court
At least 70,000 female Sterling Jewelers employees to pursue claims that the retailer paid them less and promoted them less often than men for a decade
In war-ravaged Kabul, women throng parks for peace and picnics
In recent years, more than half a dozen of Kabul's gardens and parks have been restored or are being upgraded, with a focus on making them safer and more accessible to women