Women news

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What is Roe v Wade, and could a new case undo US abortion rights?
U.S. Supreme Court takes up major challenge to abortion rights
Afghan girls determined to go back to school after deadly attack
In Depth
New sex abuse claims against aid workers exposed in Congo
News Package
Sex abuse in the aid sector
Supreme Court jumps into U.S. culture wars with abortion, gun case
Strippers back on the job but COVID rules hurt their pay
Chile's women shine in constitution vote
U.S. Supreme Court takes up case that could limit abortion rights
Transgender women allowed to play women's rugby in France
Samoa set to appoint first female prime minister
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UK foreign aid: where does the money go?
Italian dictionary scraps 'sexist' definitions of a woman
Latin America's female scientists soar despite glass ceiling
Britain urged to enshrine paid leave post-miscarriage
China 'uses coercion in Xinjiang to drive down Uyghur births'
Eco-friendly Eid: the Indonesian women on a mission to plant trees
Lawmaker urges Malta to stop criminalising women who seek abortion
Frustration in Egypt as Cairo hotel gang rape case is shelved
Washington Post names Sally Buzbee first woman to lead newsroom
Cairo hotel gang rape case shelved for 'insufficient evidence'
Afghan girls torn between fears and ambitions after school attack
French stunt school's 'badass' women snapped up by film industry
Yemen's Houthis urged to release model fearing 'virginity test'
Poland, Hungary block 'gender equality' from EU social summit
Olympics-Females told to 'be quiet' on transgender issue
Fears in India as COVID-19 leaves children without carers
One key to getting women back to work post-pandemic: Childcare
Kenya set to appoint first female chief justice
Call for more midwives as millions die in childbirth
Taliban would roll back Afghan women's rights -U.S. intelligence
Samoa's female PM challenger set for rerun after gender quota row
Young Muslim women protest proposed French ban
Hong Kong pauses plan to force COVID-19 vaccines on migrant maids
Texas city bans abortion, allows family to sue providers, helpers
Caitlyn Jenner says she opposes trans girls in female school sport
Climate finance targets top agenda for this week's G7 meet
Malaysian teen slams rape jokes by teacher in viral video
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UK law aims to ban financial abuse in relationships. Can it work?
Britain passes "life-saving" law on domestic abuse
Eyes and ears: UK tradespeople trained to spot domestic abuse
COVID-19 costs women $800 billion in lost income
In historic first, two powerful women flank U.S. president
UNFPA says UK to cut 85% in aid to family planning programme
Chile moves to cover pregnant women with COVID-19 vaccines
U.S. businesses call for LGBT+ anti-discrimination law
Opponents force referendum on Swiss same-sex marriage
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About our Women coverage

We focus on stories that help to empower women and bring lasting change to gender inequality.

Opinion

David Westlake International Justice Mission

Violence: the parallel pandemic to COVID-19

The restrictions put in place to help stop the spread of COVID-19 have, unintentionally, created serious barriers to reaching people in situations of trafficking or violence and bringing them to safety
Marie Clarke Women for Women International

Women in Afghanistan hold the key to peace

Afghan women have too often been used a justification for patriarchal militarism that harms them most. To build a better future, we must listen to their voices
Sung Yeun Choimorrow, Marcela ...

The Atlanta spa shootings harm all people of color

White supremacy harms every person of color, with women suffering even more because of the intersections of racism and sexism
Azmina Dhrodia World Wide Web Foundation

To stop online abuse against women, we must reform digital spaces

While we can’t quickly unwind the sexism that drives abuse, we can redesign our digital spaces and change the online environments that allow this misogyny to thrive

In Depth

Health official alleges ‘sexual slavery’ in Tigray; women blame soldiers
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Love, tech and online abuse of women in the time of coronavirus
India's women seaweed divers swim against the tide of climate change
Trafficked 'brides' stuck in China due to coronavirus after fleeing abuse

Videos & Pictures

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Beyond Boko Haram
Danish 'sex ambulance' seeks to protect sex workers
Colombia's City of Women rebuilds homes and hopes
You are enough - painting extraordinary women
Rowing against the flow
Afghan government adviser turned refugee pushes women's rights

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Eco-friendly Eid - the Indonesian women on a mission to plant trees
explainer
New UK law aims to end financial abuse in relationships. Can it work?
What happens when women run the economy? We're about to find out
With anti-Asian hate in U.S. rising, parents grapple over whether to talk to their children