Women news

India's Dalit women raped to keep them 'in their place'
Scotland first in the world to make sanitary products free
Which countries have gender-balanced cabinets?
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Sex abuse in the aid sector
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Domestic abuse and coronavirus
Britain's Duchess Meghan speaks out about miscarriage
A life in colors: NYC celebrates Ruth Bader Ginsburg with mural
Ride-share app lets Mexico women drivers pick women passengers
Indian state criminalises 'forced' religious marriage conversions
Mayors vow all-out drive against gender inequality in pandemic
Polish police scuffle with protesters demanding 'Free abortion'
Qatar airport police charged over invasive searches of women
Thai woman faces social media storm after sex abuse allegations
Women priced out of politics in El Salvador
Germany must have at least one woman on company boards
Haiti's football boss banned for life by FIFA for sexual abuse
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Meet the only woman to run for the Burkina Faso presidency
South Sudan, Chad ranked the worst nations to be a girl in Africa
Tanzanian ban on pregnant school girls challenged in African court
COVID-19 puts British women at 'crossroads' on workplace equality
UK women unfairly jailed for murders under flawed law - MPs
Mother-of-five steers new course as Gaza's first woman taxi driver
FIFA proposes mandatory maternity leave for women players
Social entrepreneurs get creative amid COVID-19
New public toilets aim to make Karachi streets more inclusive
Young Afghan woman opens art gallery to create jobs in pandemic
High hopes for abortion rights to expand in Argentina
Britain resurrects lesbian pirates as world recasts statues
As millions face famine, women at risk as they eat last and least
Kenya makes hospital arrests as it probes child trafficking ring
South Korea sees rise in female morticians as taboo fades
Indian activists woo women fighters with period products
Nigeria convicts family of sex traffickers with rare jail sentence
Malawian protesters demand tougher penalties for rape
Fans fund new statue of feminist Wollstonecraft after nude row
Bangladesh police launch all-woman team to fight digital abuse
Lebanese artist turns Beirut blast debris into symbol of hope
Coronavirus sees Jamaican women worst hit by crop, livestock theft
Women in Europe struggle to access abortion during pandemic
Abortion rights in Europe
Britain's first magazine for Black girls launches under lockdown
Virginia Woolf statue campaign gets boost from nude controversy
Saudi Arabia wants to host women racers in W Series along with F1
Coronavirus curbs childbirth rights of pregnant women in Spain
Hong Kong opposition walkout 'setback' for anti-slavery, LGBT push
Women and girls 'not safe' on public transport in Africa
Biden win called a 'restoration of sanity' for women's rights
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Opinion

Sage Carson Know Your IX

How Biden can fight sexual violence on U.S. campuses

Biden’s Department of Education should work with student survivors of sexual violence on new regulations aimed at achieving Title IX’s intended goal – equity
Tara Krishnaswamy Shakti - Political Power To Women

What Kamala Harris Means for Indian Women

When Harris was voted U.S. vice-president elect it triggered a range of emotions across India where women vote at a higher percentage than men in many elections
Martha Jones Johns Hopkins University

Black women decided the U.S. election. It’s time to thank them.

When Black women show up, be prepared to follow. That is, above all, the most sincere form of thanks
Helen Pankhurst CARE International - UK

Will Britain ensure women's voices are heard at COP26?

Women worldwide are bearing the heaviest burden in dealing with the effects of the climate crisis while lacking the power to decide how to tackle it

In Depth

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
With a knock on the door, Egypt aims to turn families greener

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

Editor's Picks

Jamaican women worst hit by livestock and crop theft in pandemic
British artist Hambling sparks furore with nude monument to feminist icon
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