Creches, courts and quotas - India's rival parties woo women as polls loom
About 432 million of India's voters are female and they are a major focus for parties competing for power in the world's largest democracy
Modi's party promises 33 pct reservation for women in India's parliament
The Bharatiya Janata Party promised reserve one third of seats in the Indian parliament and state assemblies for women if elected to power
Supporters of Saudi women activists detained, including two U.S. citizens -sources
Dozens of other activists, intellectuals and clerics have been arrested separately in the past two years in an apparent bid to stamp out opposition
Almost half UK companies failed to narrow gender pay gap
Despite sex discrimination being outlawed in the 1970s, men in Britain earned on average 17.9 percent more than women last year, according to government data
Is Brexit good or bad for women? It's divisive to even ask
Despite predictions that women might be more likely to vote Remain than men, only a small majority - 51 percent - did so
Major UK financial firms make little progress on gender pay gap
Only three firms had a gender pay gap below last year's mean national average
'Outdated' attitudes fuel domestic abuse among UK Traveller community, say MPs
Traveller groups welcomed calls for more support, but questioned the characterisation of domestic violence as a problem particularly affecting the community
Goals of ending poverty, inequality doomed without financial fix, UN says
A "fundamental shift" in the world's financial system is needed to solve problems from climate change to growing inequality, UN chief says
U.S. House passes new protections for women, but gun provision could doom bill
The bill has bipartisan support, but may face resistance over plans to remove guns from convicted stalkers and abusers
U.N. urged to scale up aid as Venezuela crisis deepens
According to an internal U.N. report seen by Reuters last week, about 2.8 million Venezuelans are in need of healthcare