Women

The UN’s chief painted a grim picture of a divided and polarised world and urged solidarity among nations.

My mother is her own universe and has the ability to call a new continent home.

Online campaign with hashtags such as #DoNotTouchMyClothes and #AfghanistanCulture slams dress code under Taliban.

Girls who played for under-14, under-16 and under-18 teams arrive in Lahore in the wake of Taliban’s takeover.

Female journalists who fled the country tell Al Jazeera they were left with no choice amid fears of Taliban persecution.

India ranks 148th out of 193 countries based on the percentage of elected women representatives in their parliaments.

‘This is a historic step,’ Supreme Court justice says of ruling hailed as a major victory for women’s rights.

Tripwire co-founder tweeted that he supported the US Supreme Court’s decision to allow a Texas abortion law to stand.

The ruling triggered outrage online, sparking debate about the treatment of female workers across companies in China.

Afghanistan’s former deputy speaker of parliament discusses what’s at stake for women’s rights in her country.

Hundreds of girls write to Indian PM, who himself promised last year to review the minimum age of marriage for women.

Democrats plan to debate and vote on legislation aimed at stopping states from enacting tough anti-abortion regulations.

Women in ethnic minority communities are most likely to suffer the economic and social disadvantages that this brings.

Details of the assault turned Alibaba into the highest-profile symbol of the abuses prevalent in Chinese tech firms.