Increase in sexual assault at U.S. military academies - survey
The study, part of a report released annually, said there had been 747 instances of unwanted sexual contact in 2018, compared to 507 in 2016
German region tells parties: put equal numbers of men and women up for election
Although Germany has been led by a woman, Chancellor Angela Merkel, for the past 13 years, women are under-represented in politics and business
In Switzerland, lingering wage gap becomes harder to explain
While Switzerland has one of Europe's highest proportions of women in the workforce, it trails global standards on gender diversity in boardrooms and in management positions
UK supermarket Asda loses latest round of equal pay case
The store staff argue they should have parity with better paid workers in the distribution centres
Climate shocks threaten gains against HIV in Africa, researchers say
Teenage girls who grow up in areas hit by harsh drought are more likely to drop out of school, have sex earlier and contract HIV, study finds
Rapes by Zimbabwe troops go unreported as victims fear reprisals
President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government has come under severe criticism for a crackdown on protestors that rights groups say killed at least 12 people and injured scores
Indian women weave their way out of climate change woes
A revival of traditional weaving means women can earn a living at home rather than trekking each day to find work, as a warming climate hits rice harvests
Is this the year U.S. Congress passes equal pay law for women?
Democrats introduce a bill to ensure equal pay for women and transparency from employers
'No regrets' says Indian woman ostracised for defying Hindu temple ban
The civil servant made history when she and a female lecturer became the first women in centuries to enter the Sabarimala temple in southern India
Inside job: Bosnian policewomen take on abusive husbands
Almost one in two Bosnian women have experienced some form of violence, mostly at the hands of their own partners