Barred from bathing and banished from home - period taboos around the world
In many countries women are excluded from religious rituals and banished from their homes while they are on their periods
Not a baby factory: S.Korea tries to fix demographic crisis with more gender equality
First time gender equality introduced in demographic policies
Thailand's rebel female Buddhist monks defy tradition
Officially, only men can become monks and novices in Thailand under a Buddhist order that since 1928 has forbidden the ordination of women
Hollywood's equality push fails to boost female film directors - study
In 2018, women accounted for just 8 percent of directors of the 250 highest-grossing Hollywood films, less than the 9 percent in 1998
Concerns over gaps in care as abortion services begin in Ireland
Ireland lifted tight restrictions on abortion from January 1, but fewer than 200 family doctors have signed up to take part
Protests paralyse Indian state after women defy temple ban
India's Supreme Court in September ordered the lifting of the ban on women of menstruating age entering the Sabarimala hill temple
Serena Williams to take Bumble's woman-first message to Super Bowl
In the campaign called "The Ball is in Her Court," Williams will urge women to make the first move in all aspects of their lives
Ecuador's indigenous midwives and hidden teen pregnancies
Ecuador's indigenous midwives help save lives of teenage mums and their babies
British MPs, lawyers trying to visit detained Saudi women's rights activists
Over a dozen women's rights activists have been arrested in Saudi Arabia since May
Britain failing forced marriage victims - campaigners
Government has pledged to investigate reports women were being charged to be rescued