Inji Efflatoun – artist, feminist and communist in mid-20th-century Egypt, was jailed for her political activism.
Case reveals the challenges faced by migrant domestic workers in seeking and securing justice.
Rebecca Cheptegie, who ran in last month’s Olympic marathon, has burns covering 75 percent of her body.
A nonprofit in North India is using local languages and childhood stories to teach poor women to develop websites, apps.
The inquiry has called for sweeping reforms amid concerns about the care women receive during pregnancy and birth.
India’s Supreme Court urges doctors to return to work, assuring safety measures will be implemented within two weeks.
How a land law seeking to fix the racial injustices of apartheid created gender barriers for Black women instead.
Supreme Court also orders paramilitary forces to provide security at Kolkata state hospital where trainee was attacked.
Misogyny, ‘Islamism’ and far-right ‘extremism’ among trends to be analysed, Home Office says.
Thousands march in streets of Kolkata as authorities struggle to contain demonstrations calling for justice.
Doctors in India remained off the job on Sunday, calling for justice for a colleague who was raped and murdered.
Hospitals hit by 24-hour shutdown as protests demanding protection for health workers and condemning violence swell.
In Kabul, an army of clandestine beauticians is keeping morale alive for women under the Taliban-led government.
Hospitals to suspend non-essential services and medical procedures on Saturday as public fury over brutal attack grows.
