Switzerland, which promotes equality at home and in the workplace, has been ranked the best country for women's rights, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) s...
Britain launched a global "period poverty" fund and taskforce on Monday to help all women and girls access sanitary products by 2050 and to tackle the stigma around menstruation.
The future of food supplies is under "severe threat" because of the number of animal and plant species fast disappearing, a United Nations report said on Friday, as the world grapples wit...
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When Hana fled to Britain with her son from East Africa, she was grateful to have found safety from persecution and a roof over her head in her sister's tiny London apartment.
Women must wait 202 years before they can earn the same as men and have equal job opportunities, according to a global report released on Tuesday, which said the rise in robots and the la...
Transgender members of the 85-million-strong Anglican faith community will now have the support of the Church of England, after it released guidelines for ceremonies to welcome them.
On a crisp morning in central London, a large vending machine has caught the attention of shoppers and commuters.
Women only hosted or co-hosted about a third of the top 100 podcasts on the Apple podcast chart in 2017
Britons are the most comfortable of the G7 nations with being led by women, a survey found on Tuesday, while Germans - with Europe's longest-serving female head - ranked poorly.
Getting support to ask for a pay rise or to fight workplace discrimination will become easier for British women on low incomes with the launch of a free legal aid service, rights groups s...
Female genital mutilation has dropped drastically among African children this century, research shows, but campaigners said on Wednesday that teenagers and young women remained at risk of...
Reaching for the stars will no longer be impossible for girls and young women in Kyrgyzstan, who aim to build and launch the country's first satellite before 2020.
Investment that helps women and girls has surged to a record high in the past year and is on the cusp of going mainstream, according to organisers of an ethical investment summit.
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