Teenage pregnancy in Kenya: a crisis of health, education and opportunity
In order for every girl to achieve her full human potential, how can the entire country be engaged to initiate a change in mindset?
World Bank re-engages Tanzania on scrapped education plan
The World Bank has agreed with authorities to find ways for pregnant girls, who are forced out of school, to still access education
Merkel protege eyes female quota for lawmakers, takes aim at dual citizenship
The number of women lawmakers in the Christian Democrats fell in the 2017 elections to one-fifth of the party's parliamentarians
Thousands protest in Norway against restricting abortion
Some 68 percent of Norwegians are against changing the abortion law, while 16 percent are in favour
Why are women in Saudi Arabia wearing their abayas inside out?
Women in Saudi Arabia have for decades been required to wear the abaya - a loose, all-covering robe - in public, a dress code strictly enforced by police
Indian airport protesters block woman activist's plan to enter hill temple
Widespread protests broke out after India's top court ordered authorities to lift a ban on women or girls from entering a temple
'Be visible and loud' to drive #MeToo forwards, women say
While women have been protesting over physical and sexual abuse for years, society has become more willing to listen since the emergence of #MeToo, campaigners say
Women's campaigner outraged at lifting ban on British lord in harassment scandal
Britain's parliament last year became embroiled in a sexual harassment scandal amid the #MeToo movement with two ministers losing their posts
Grappling with taboos, Iraqi women join wrestling squad
When Alia Husseintold her family last year that she wanted to try her hand at the physical world of wrestling she was met with abuse
Anger as Indonesia jails teacher who documented sexual harassment
Baiq Nuril Maknun recorded a telephone conversation with the head teacher of the school where she worked who she accused of making repeated unwanted sexual advances