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India is home to 21 million ‘unwanted’ girls, study finds
Category: Gender based violence 
2018-01-31
A new report by India’s finance ministry estimates that a cultural preference for boys has led to 21 million “unwanted” girls in the country |
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At Davos, Pioneering Women Are Chosen to Lead Again
Category: Gender in the world
2018-01-22
For four days in January, the seven chairwomen of the World Economic Forum in Davos will be the faces of successful women around the world |
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South Korea to reconsider its abortion ban
Category: Gender in the world
2017-12-01
South Korea will reconsider its ban on elective abortion procedures, the South Korean president’s office said |
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‘Catastrophic’ Iraq law could legalise marriage for children as young as nine
Category: Gender in the world
2017-11-15
Activists warn that proposal to amend legislation would set women’s rights back 50 years, allowing Muslim clerics to decide on marriage contracts
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World leaders to meet under all-female co-chair team at Davos 2018
Category: Gender in the world
2017-11-14
The seven co-chairs for the four-day event in January were announced in the face of criticism that the conference has in the past lacked female representation
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Women's progress index shows big gaps among and inside nations
Category: Gender in the world
2017-10-26
Iceland and Norway are the best countries for women, and Syria and Afghanistan the worst, according to an index to be released that measures a host of global gains and failures |
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In China women 'hold up half the sky' but can't touch the political glass ceiling
Category: Gender policy
2017-10-17
Few expect any women to be appointed to China’s top political body when it holds its five-yearly meeting on Wednesday
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Raped and executed in public: a Congolese militia’s reign of terror
Category: Gender based violence
2017-10-11
Woman was raped, whipped and decapitated in front of a cheering crowd before rebels drank her blood because she served fighters 'forbidden' fish
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Poor body image makes girls less assertive and risks health, study finds
Category: Gender in the world
2017-10-06
Majority of those dissatisfied with their figure will skip meals and avoid friends, the doctor and clubs, says global beauty report
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Saudi king decrees women be allowed to drive
Category: Gender in the world
2017-09-28
For more than 25 years, women activists have campaigned to be allowed to drive, defiantly taking to the road, petitioning the king and posting videos |
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