More than 700,000 women are in prison around the world, and that number is growing much faster than men, the Human Rights Council has heard

Sudan will ban FGM and women will also no longer need a permit from male members of their families to travel with their children

The equality strategy aims to get more women into leadership roles, narrow the gender pay gap and improve work-life balance

Germany is making upskirting, surreptitiously taking photographs or filming under a person's clothing, a criminal offence punishable with fines or up to two years in prison

Chancellor Angela Merkel reconsiders quotas, calling women's representation among Germany's top companies 'inadequate'

Before the 2028 parliamentary elections, parties and election blocs must present party lists in which one-fourth of candidates will be a woman. Otherwise the party will not be registered

Urgent, and accelerated action is needed to end female genital mutilation, child marriage, and other “harmful practices” and abuses carried out against women and girls, the UN sexual and reproductive health agency (UNFPA)

'The tradition in Mexico is that daughters are the ones who care the most for parents,' President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said

In Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen, more than 70% of reported cases were male, compared to a global average of 51%