20 mln girls in developing world lack access to contraception
It would cost an average of $25 per person to provide contraception to every girl who needed it in the developing world – adding up to a total of $889 million worldwide each year
UK charities launch legal aid service to help poor women get equal pay
Men in Britain earn on average 18.4 percent more than women
Google hears protesters, changes sexual harassment policies
The company said it would publicly release its harassment, discrimination and retaliation policies
FIFA to engage with Iran to lift ban on women in stadiums
Iran has long barred women from attending male soccer matches and other sports fixtures, partly to protect them from hearing fans swear
FGM rates are falling in Africa but we mustn’t be complacent
One girl mutilated is one too many
Female genital cutting rates may be dropping, but girls are still at risk
For female genital cutting to end, we need effective approaches that create sustainable change where it matters; at the grassroots community level
Comic artist draws on history for tales of politically powerful women
Queenie Chan is working on a series of non-fiction biographies to bring more female empowerment to the male-dominated world of comic books
Women candidates 'tired of waiting' make record gains in U.S. Congress
Nearly 80 percent of the women competing in House races this year are Democrats
#ShameOnWho campaign uses art to change Lebanese attitudes to rape
Group behind the campaign wants to 'shake' Lebanese society out of misconceptions about sexual violence, using street art
Ex-Somali refugee's U.S. Congress win sparks debate in former home Kenya
Somali-American Ilhan Omar won a seat for the Democrats in Minnesota - one of the first two Muslim women ever to sit in the House of Representatives