President Donald Trump has begun scaling back equal-opportunity programmes through two executive orders on his first day in the White House. Through these, he has…
Thailand has become the first country in Southeast Asia, and only the third in Asia, to legalise same-sex marriage.Hundreds of couples are tying the knot…
In the late months of 1949, aspiring American writer William S Burroughs evaded gun and drug charges in the United States by bringing his family…
Seven-year-old Mariam was excited. Her mother had dressed her up in her favourite powder pink frock, with her hair in two pigtails held with butterfly…
Hundreds gather in Kenya’s capital to rally against gender-based violence.Police in Kenya have fired tear gas to disperse hundreds of people who gathered to protest…
The suit was filed in 2019 after the plaintiff learned that six men with same job title earned substantially more.Walt Disney has agreed to pay…
Republicans have pushed an effort barring the first federal transgender lawmaker from women’s restrooms in the US Capitol.The Republican majority leader in the US House…
A feminist movement sweeping South Korea, in which women are saying “No” to any form of intimate relationships with men, is taking hold in the…
Vice president attacks former president after he says he will ‘protect women whether they like it or not’.Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris says Donald Trump…
New Zealand Defence Minister Judith Collins says sinking of HMNZS Manawanui has nothing to do with captain’s gender.New Zealand’s defence chief has hit out at…
A spate of allegations of sexual misconduct has rocked the film industry in India’s southern state of Kerala, triggering a flood of police cases and…
Kandabari, India – On a sunny morning in Kandabari village in the northern Indian state of Himachal Pradesh, a group of students is learning to…
Sydney, Australia – Sam Hall, an Aboriginal woman from Ormiston in southeast Queensland, was 40 weeks pregnant when she felt her baby’s movements slow. She…
Kolkata, India – On August 21, a hot, humid afternoon, thousands of doctors and medical students marched through the capital of the eastern Indian state…
There is a widening gap between men and women on social and political views, a global poll under Gen Z shows. What causes this phenomenon?A…
As Afghanistan’s rulers mark three years in power, the future of an entire generation of girls is ‘in jeopardy’, UN says.Afghanistan’s Taliban government has “deliberately…
Lawsuit says the Algerian Olympic gold medallist was subjected to ‘misogynist, racist and sexist campaign’ during the games.French prosecutors have opened a probe into a…
Rohtak, India – On a hot summer afternoon, a strapping, fit man in his 30s drove his SUV to the outskirts of the crowded city…
Abuja, Nigeria – When children turn 10, their first double-digit milestone is usually a time of excitement. But not for Elizabeth John, who could only…
The official Nike kits for American women competing in the Paris 2024 Olympics have been slammed as “a costume born of patriarchal forces” by one…