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Female FTSE 350 financial directors earn 66% less than men
With new podcast, sex work comes out of the shadows
Netflix leads on women directors, lags with Latin, Asian roles
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Female genital mutilation
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Over 50 women accuse Ebola aid workers of sex abuse in Congo
China counters Uighur criticism with explicit attacks on witnesses
Nigeria's Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala takes helm at the WTO
China counters Uighur criticism with explicit PR attacks
Nigerian schoolboys freed as forces search for 300 abducted girls
Tokyo 2020 committee to pick at least 11 women to join board
Greek ex-theatre director remanded after plea over rape allegation
Gunmen kidnap more than 300 schoolgirls in Nigeria
Rights group accuses Cameroonian soldiers of mass rape
Former U.S. Olympics coach dies by suicide post trafficking charge
Sharing 'deepfake' porn images should be a crime: UK law body
Anger flares over Mexican candidate accused or rape
Bangladesh inoculates older sex workers at biggest brothel
Tokyo 2020 chief: gender equality is important
French actor Depardieu placed under sexual violence investigation
Chinese court orders man to pay ex-wife $7,700 for housework
Women make gains on legal rights despite COVID-19 - World Bank
Homophobia soared in Israel amid coronavirus lockdowns
Is working from home damaging young women's careers?
Indian climate activist granted bail over farm protests
Loan sharks target Indian sex workers hit by pandemic
U.S. Supreme Court to weigh Trump abortion referral restriction
Britain denounces abuses "on industrial scale" in China's Xinjiang
Australia promises independent inquiry after third rape accusation
After harassment complaints, BlackRock vows to strengthen training
Lawsuits having 'chilling effect' on #MeToo movement in South Asia
Honduras LGBT+ advocates bid to stop same-sex marriage 'lock'
South Carolina passes abortion ban, Planned Parenthood sues
Facebook's Australia news ban hits charities and social services
Poland opposition loosens abortion stance to please young voters
Former Olympic athlete Hashimoto chosen as head of Tokyo 2020
Jamaicans share abortion experiences online in push to end ban
How a 22-year-old woman helped bring down the Tokyo Olympics chief
Japan's Osaka hails Tokyo 2020 chief's exit over sexist comments
New Zealand schools to have free sanitary products
Pressure grows to end 'virginity tests' in Pakistan rape cases
UK justice rapped for failing women who kill abusive men
Japan's ruling party wants more women - as long as they don't talk
In Brazil, foreign trafficking victims struggle to access banking
Dubai's Sheikha Latifa issues video from 'villa jail'
Inspired by protests, India's women farmers revive their demands
Tokyo 2020: New chief needs to understand gender equality
In their own blood, Mexicans demand help for violence victims
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Gender discrimination in Vietnam fuels human trafficking

Female victims of modern slavery are often trafficked to China for sexual exploitation or forced labor
Shahd Mustafa Prindex

How to navigate land governance reform in the Arab world

One in four people in the region feel insecure in their land and property rights
Ruwayda Mustafah

How to stop violence against women in Kurdistan

COVID-19 is spurring child marriage and domestic violence. Governments and NGOs must empower women legally and financially, to take control of their own lives
Henrietta Fore UNICEF

Female child soldiers often go unseen but must not be forgotten

As world marks Red Hand Day, more attention must be paid to girls recruited by armed groups

In Depth

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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
India's grandmothers harvest new social status from climate-smart farming

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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