Women's Rights

The UN deputy secretary-general discusses the key issues affecting women in her home country and around the world.

Protesters call for interior minister’s resignation after the kidnapping and killing of 27-year-old Aizada Kanatbekova.

We investigate claims that the church and state in Poland have become too close.

PM says politicians and judges will no longer be exempt from rules against sexual harassment in the workplace.

Khan faces backlash for saying increase in rapes indicated ‘consequences in any society where vulgarity is on the rise’.

Being open to new solutions, empathising, speaking up for the vulnerable are proving key to solving emerging challenges.

EU says it wants better ties with Ankara as top officials meet with Turkey’s president, but human rights the ‘priority’.

Relatives demand justice at funeral for Victoria Esperanza Salazar, who died after being subdued by Mexican police.

AIMPLB issues 11-point guideline asking the community to hold simple weddings following suicide by woman over dowry.

Pullout sparked criticism among the opposition, rights groups and even ruling party supporters.

Australia is facing a reckoning on sexual violence.

Women have to wait 135.6 years – up from 99.5 in 2020 – to be on equal footing with men, the World Economic Forum warns.

Female groups in two Mexican cities have taken to the streets in protest, demanding justice for the Salvadoran woman.

Stephanie Autumn and Madonna Thunder Hawk met at the historic 1973 Native American occupation of a South Dakota town.