Frustration in Egypt as Cairo hotel gang rape case is shelved
Public prosecutors freed four suspects in a case involving a woman who said she was drugged and raped in 2014 at the Fairmont Hotel in the capital, Cairo.
Prosecutors shelve case over Cairo hotel gang rape allegation for 'insufficent evidence'
Encouraged by the #MeToo movement, the woman who said she was drugged and gang raped at the hotel posted an anonymous account online before filing a formal complaint
Afghan girls torn between fears and ambitions after school attack
Amid targeted attacks on women in Afghanistan, many fear extremist groups could threaten years of gains in girls' education
OPINION: Trans women should be allowed to play women's rugby
Being excluded from rugby for being gay was one of my worst nightmares, so I am heartbroken to see it happen to transgender players
Poland, Hungary block 'gender equality' from EU social summit
Right-wing leaders team up to remove direct pledge to 'promote gender equality' from declaration on building social cohesion
Taliban would roll back Afghan women's rights -U.S. intelligence report
The Biden administration has warned that Afghanistan would suffer isolation and sanctions if it backslides on human rights
Samoa's female PM challenger set for rerun after gender quota row
Samoa, which has a population of about 200,000, lies in a region with one of the world's lowest levels of female political participation
Texas city bans abortion, allows family to sue providers, helpers
The local measure in the city of Lubbock bans abortion in all cases except when a woman's life is in danger
'Tales of the City' actress Olympia Dukakis dies at 89
Olympia Dukakis rocketed to fame and won an Oscar age 56, playing the mother of Cher's character in 'Moonstruck' in 1987
Idaho becomes latest state to pass 'fetal heartbeat' abortion ban
The law follows a wave of similar legislation aiming to prompt a review of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling Roe v. Wade, which guarantees a woman's constitutional right to an abortion.