International Women's Day 2015: How far have the rights of females progressed?
International Women's Day, on 8 March, celebrates the progress of women while calling for equality.
International Women's Day 2015: Feminism contains infighting but the point is we have a voice
International Women's Day 2015 is observed on 8 March to celebrate achievements of women and feminism.
Ukip and homophobia: Nigel Farage and his party have run out of ways to say sorry
Ukip releases two identical statements of apology for two separate instances of homophobia
International Women's Day 2015: A history of the century-old celebration of female rights and empowerment
International Women's Day is celebrated on 8 March to celebrate achievements of women
Rare Disease Day: Five of the rarest conditions in the world
Rare Disease Day is observed on 28 February 2015 to raise awareness and understanding of conditions
Rare Disease Day 2015: Morquio Syndrome - the condition that affects just 105 people in the UK
Rare Disease Day is observed on 28 February 2015 to raise awareness and understanding of conditions
Labour MP for Rotherham Sarah Champion 'can't compete' with Ukip's financial firepower
Labour MP Sarah Champion talks about the threat of Ukip gains in Rotherham after child abuse scandal
International Polar Bear Day 2015: Facts, conservation and protection of the threatened species
International Polar Bear Day is observed on 27 February to raise awareness of climate change threat
Sarah Champion MP interview: 'Politics is sexist and progress is glacial'
Rotherham Labour MP Sarah Champion talks about women in politics ahead of International Women's Day
Men, eating disorders and mental health: 'The last thing sufferers need is gender wars'
Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2015 raises awareness of eating disorders from 23 February to 1 March.
Anorexia and OCD: 'Eating disorders are not just about body image'
Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2015, 23 February to 1 March, raises understanding of certain conditions.
International Mother Language Day 2015: Five languages on verge of extinction
International Mother Language Day is observed on 21 February annually
World Day of Social Justice 2015: Ending poverty, human trafficking and forced labour
United Nations World Day of Social Justice is observed on 20 February annually
World Day of Social Justice 2015: Europe's hidden problem of child labour
The United Nations World Day of Social Justice is observed on 20 February 2015.
Los Angeles superbug CRE: What is the drug-resistant 'nightmare' family of bacteria?
179 patients at UCLA Medical Center have been exposed to Carbapenem-Resistant Enterobacteriaceae
Chinese New Year 2015: Chunyun, the largest annual human migration in the world
The mass migration across China and Asia for the Lunar New Year, on 19 February, is called chunyun.
EastEnders 30th anniversary: 10 most memorable moments in the history of the soap
British soap EastEnders is celebrating its 30th anniversary.
Chinese New Year 2015: Five ancient dinosaur discoveries in China during the year of the horse
IBTimes UK looks at China's paleontology breakthroughs before the Chinese New Year on 17 February.
Turkey: Women's rights are a 'bleeding wound' under Erdogan's legacy
Women are protesting across Turkey over the murder of Çağ University student Özgecan Aslan
Pancake Day: Recipes from around the world to celebrate Shrove Tuesday
Try a spicy, savoury pancake for an alternative to lemon and sugar.
One Billion Rising 2015: The global V-Day movement to end violence against women
One Billion Rising, marked on Valentine's Day, is a global campaign to end violence against women.
70th anniversary of Dresden bombing: History of the controversial World War Two assault on Nazi Germany
Seventy years ago, the German city of Dresden in Saxony was bombed by British and US air forces.
Rio de Janeiro Carnival 2015: A short history of the world's biggest street carnival
Carnival in Rio de Janeiro 2015 begins on Friday 13 February and ends Wednesday 18 February
World Radio Day 2015: Celebrating communication, security and information
United Nations World Radio Day is observed on 13 February annually to celebrate the benefits of radio.
Darwin Day 2015: Alfred Russel Wallace, the forgotten evolutionist overshadowed by Charles Darwin
Darwin Day, on 12 February, celebrates the birthday of the evolutionary biologist Charles Darwin.
Abraham Lincoln birthday: Who was stage actor John Wilkes Booth, the 16th US president's assassin?
12 February marks the anniversary of the birth date of United States president Abraham Lincoln.
All aboard Labour's 'Barbie bus': The pink van 'woman to woman' campaign is a car crash
Harriet Harman defended Labour's Woman to Woman campaign to attract female voters in general election.
Fifty Shades of abuse? The answer is education about pornography not censorship
Anti-pornography and domestic abuse campaigners protest against the Fifty Shades Of Grey film release.
The Fifty Shades Of Grey effect: Do we still stigmatise the self-published author?
The film adaptation of Fifty Shades Of Grey will premiere at the Berlin Film Festival on 11 February.
Valentine's Day 2015: Five romantic and affordable last-minute getaways, city breaks and holidays
Affordable Valentine's Day city breaks and holidays to Paris, New York, Venice, Prague and Amsterdam.