Duchess of Sussex Meghan backs better access for women to higher education
'Education, I think higher education specifically, is such a key element for growth, economic growth but also personal growth and development'
Nepal's parliament speaker resigns over rape allegation
A female parliament employee has accused Krishna Bahadur Mahara of assaulting her while drunk at her apartment in the capital Kathmandu
Women treated as totty in films even when they play leaders, finds study
Female leaders are four times more likely to be shown naked on screen than similar male roles
Helen Mirren praises #MeToo, young women for 'taking control'
'Why did #MeToo happen? Something cracked. Something went, and I absolutely love that a young generation of women just won't accept it.'
Moroccan court jails journalist on abortion charge that she denies
Police arrested Hajar Raissouni, 28, on Aug. 31 along with her fiancé as they were leaving a gynaecologist's clinic in Rabat
Nigerian police free 19 women and girls from Lagos "baby factory" -statement
The girls and women, aged from 15 to 28, were brought from all over Nigeria with promises of work
British PM Johnson denies groping allegations as party conference opens
Charlotte Edwardes, a columnist, wrote in The Sunday Times that Johnson had groped her at a lunch in 1999 when he was editor of The Spectator magazine
Armed with trumpets, S. African men blow away street crime against women
South Africa's iconic vuvuzela trumpet is being used to alert women in Soweto that their local patrol group is ready to safely escort them to public transport
Indonesia protests enter second week as vote on sex-ban bill delayed
On Monday, several thousand students, activists and union members gathered again near parliament in Jakarta