Hundreds of thousands take to Spanish streets for International Women's Day
Gender equality has become deeply divisive ahead of a national election on April 28
Islamic State extremism on show at 'miserable' Syria camp
Camp officials say they do not have enough tents, food, or medicine, while aid workers warn of spreading diseases
London mum gets 11 years for mutilating daughter in landmark FGM trial
Conviction comes more than 30 years after the practice was outlawed
Hopes raised for Salvadoran women behind bars for abortion crimes
Another 18 women remain in jail, convicted of inducing abortions, who say they were wrongfully jailed for murder, when instead they suffered miscarriages, stillbirths or pregnancy complications
Switzerland ranked as best country for women's rights - OECD
Denmark, Sweden, France and Portugal were the next best-performing countries in the OECD's Social Institutions and Gender Index
Women's Day unites activists, protesters and a feminist 'bump'
In Paris, demonstrators from Amnesty International waved placards outside the Saudi Arabian embassy that read "Honk for women's rights"
On Women's Day, Meghan hopes for feminist royal baby
The 37-year-old, who married Prince Harry last May, has long been vocal about women's causes
Why Africa's #Metoo is more a murmur than an outcry
Although women and girls face a plethora of threats - ranging from child marriage, FGM, sexual and domestic violence, few are able to speak out fearing they will be blamed
Women in Brazil earn 20.5 pct less than men - statistics agency
The only sector where women earn the same as men is in the armed forces and military police
Constructing a greener world can't happen without women
Despite construction still being a male-dominated industry, more than 50 percent of the CEOs running Green Building Councils are women