Murders of women spark anger in Lebanon as domestic violence doubles
Lebanon hit by spate of murders targeting women as authorities say coronavirus lockdowns have doubled domestic violence cases
Czech lawmakers urged to compensate sterilised Roma women
Campaigners say some Roma women were offered financial incentives in exchange for being sterilised or told their children would be taken away if they had more babies
Indian spending on women's safety 'grossly inadequate', says Oxfam
Almost 10 years after Delhi gang rape, funds for setting up helplines and crisis centres remain unspent
Saudi appeals court rejects rights activist claim she was tortured in jail, family says
Loujain al-Hathlou campaigned for women's right to drive and to end the kingdom's male guardianship system
Giant leap for womankind? Europe's space agency wants more female astronauts
Women account for just 11% of the 560 people who have traveled beyond the earth's atmosphere
Declaring war on bonded labour, Indian state launches anniversary crackdown
Despite decades-old ban, thousands work without pay in farms, brick kilns, mills to clear debts in India
UN urges 57 countries to reclaim women, children from Syrian camps
The states have a duty to repatriate their citizens and to prosecute adults for war crimes or other offences at fair trials in their domestic courts under international law
'People die at home': Tigray medical services struggle after turmoil of war
The Tigray conflict disrupted basic services, including diabetes treatment and maternal care, leading to 'too many preventable deaths', the ICRC says
'Will I ever see home again?': Cambodian teen bride trafficked to China tells of escape
Promised a job that would support her impoverished family, 17-year-old Veasna Sreypov was instead cheated and sold into servitude
Pope Francis appoints more women to Vatican posts
Pope Francis appointed two women, Nathalie Becquart and Catia Summaria, to Vatican posts with Becquart now able to vote in all-male assemblies