Women news

Crisis after COVID for Sri Lankan women who dress the West
Pakistan bus network gives women a ticket to work and study
U.S. abortion war spotlights women's risk from online tracking
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Abortion curbs around the world
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Afghan women under Taliban rule
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Which U.S. states are restricting abortion rights and access?
Samuel Alito has been staunch conservative on U.S. Supreme Court
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U.S. abortion rights: Supreme Court 'set to overturn' Roe v. Wade
Pakistan women fight gender norms to build online health business
Zimbabwe's women-only rangers fight poachers and poverty
Nigeria's women shopkeepers forced to scale back as prices soar
Turkish women fight in court for free HPV vaccine against cancer
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Can global brands' green push improve Bangladesh labour rights?
In Zimbabwe, a women-only gem mine gives abuse survivors new hope
Soccer-Southgate questions benefit of Qatar World Cup boycott
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How will Taliban rule impact girls' education in Afghanistan?
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Nazanin's spirit never broke, says boss of freed British-Iranian
Arab women entrepreneurs defy odds with leap into sportswear
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Jamaica's first female defence chief battles danger and sexism
Women entrepreneurs join Africa's fintech revolution
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Colombia decriminalizes abortion amid Latin American shift
Afghan smugglers hike prices, grow networks after Taliban takeover
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The high price of America's anti-abortion laws
India's forest-planting push leaves indigenous women in the cold
COVID and war push Yemen's businesswomen to smash taboos
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Afghanistan's startups 'running on fumes' as economy crumbles
Incomes dip for South Asia's women home workers as heat rises
Human Rights Watch says Bolsonaro a threat to democracy in Brazil
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A people's Fed? It's starting to at least look that way
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Afghanistan's hunger and poverty crisis in numbers
Indian app auctioning Muslim women weaponises tech for abuse
Three arrested in India for online harassment of Muslim women
In Egypt, lending apps boost cash-strapped women business owners
In a first, Indian gig company sues protesting women workers
India sex workers seek to be counted after court upholds rights
China to give women right to decide on caesarean birth
China prepares new sexual harassment safeguards for women
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Texas abortion law opens door to copycat curbs on other rights
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UK boxing star Nicola Adams fights sexist stereotypes
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Chile presidential candidates on mining, pensions and LGBT+ rights
To dye for: Indonesia's mangroves in fashion with women weavers
Abortion rights: U.S. restrictions buck the global trend in 2021
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In Honduras, first woman president faces tough fight on abortion
Trans people waiting years for gender healthcare as demand surges
FACTBOX-World's toughest abortion laws
Loans keep women afloat as they plant vanishing mangroves in Kenya
In Egypt, women seek low-cost ways to 'prove' virginity
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Opinion

Jaf Shah Acid Survivors Trust International

Acid attacks are gender-based violence, companies need to do more

Acid attacks are gender-based violence and companies need to do more, writes Jaf Shah of Acid Survivors Trust International
Téa Braun Human Dignity Trust

UN recognition of lesbian women is a landmark for human rights

The UN holds that laws criminalising lesbian and bisexual women violates women's rights in a landmark decision
Ruth Davison Refuge

UK Online Safety Bill is a missed opportunity to protect women

The solution is not for women to be forced offline. Instead, women should be protected and empowered to use technology safely.
Mari Pangestu World Bank

The key to an inclusive recovery? Empower women entrepreneurs

As countries emerge from the crisis, reforms to accelerate equality must enable women to realize their aspirations

In Depth

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Two years on, forest pact's 'good intentions' do little to protect Amazon
Coronavirus likely to lock India's women out of job market for years
Drones to digital: Asia, Africa find ways to plug COVID health gaps
Health official alleges ‘sexual slavery’ in Tigray; women blame soldiers

Videos & Pictures

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Beyond Boko Haram
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Colombia's City of Women rebuilds homes and hopes
You are enough - painting extraordinary women
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Afghan government adviser turned refugee pushes women's rights

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