Women make up more than half of the voters in Sri Lanka, but not a single one will be on the ballot in Saturday’s ...

Psychological, economic and political empowerment of women need to be further strengthened for them to play an active role in ...

A new publication in Nature Water by UN University scientists sheds light on the persistent gender disparities in the global ...

UNITED NATIONS -- A Chinese envoy on Wednesday urged the Afghan interim government to address the legitimate concerns of the ...

Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly is convening female foreign ministers from a dozen countries to talk about women's ...

The United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has warned that recurrent humanitarian disasters are exacerbating gender-based ...

A September 9 internal report by the United Nations Population Fund found that 268 out of the 348 women held in the ...

L ast month the Taliban published a new consolidated code of religious laws. It has left Afghan women reeling, with many now ...

The Taliban are unleashing a legal onslaught to implement their vision for the country – for men, by men, and of men.

As farmers await heavens to give them good rains for a bumper harvest next year; after toiling in vain last year due to dry ...

Afghan women are turning to social media, singing in protest against new Taliban laws banning their voices in public. They ...

This article is based on the report Women in Justice in Africa: A Comparative Study of Women Judges in 14 Countries. It ...