Headteachers told by ex-health tsar Natasha Devon that pupils should not be called 'girls' or 'ladies' and that gender-neutral language should be used.

Africa recognising importance of promoting women's rights and empowerment, but more has to be done, Vera Songwe tells IBTimes UK.

Human rights activists protest against Iraq's bill of Jafaari Personal Status Law that could legalise child marriage, marital rape and ban Muslims from marrying non-Muslims.

Women are effectively working for free for the rest of the year. Here's what men have to say about it.

The favoured Patel was to build that big bridge and also encourage more Asians to support or join the Conservative party, which had a white image problem.

November 10 is the day that women effectively stop being paid - but for those who work in retail that's just one of many problems.

Government-backed review reveals 28% of board positions in FTSE 100 companies are now held by women, up from 12.5% in 2011.

Parents caught their daughter's alleged gang rapists after police refused to take her complaint seriously in Bhopal. Sexual assault remains pervasive issue in India.

The World Economic Forum says it will take another 217 years to achieve full gender parity across the world.

The furniture giant's 30-second advert showed a mother telling her single daughter, "Don't call me your mom if you cannot bring back a boyfriend".

French women have begun shaming predators online as the debate about sexual harassment gathers pace on both sides of the Atlantic following the Harvey Weinstein scandal.

Ofsted won a legal battle with Birmingham City Council and the Islamic faith Al-Hijrah school, at the Court of Appeal which overturned a High Court ruling.

Campaigner Christie Elan-Cane has challenged the government to provide gender-neutral passports like those used by Australia and Canada.

Sacred Heart High School in Hammersmith, west London says students can use their 'preferred pronoun' and it must promote 'greater wholeness for transgender individuals'.

Women in Saudi Arabia are still very much treated as second-class citizens.

The vexing socioeconomic question of our age is should we view millennials as 'entitled' and 'lazy' or simply flexing their economic muscles.

Suits actress and her Prince Charming chose the annual Invictus Games to go formal as a couple.

PM backs 'important step' from Gulf nation following Royal decree ending controversial ban.

Is it right that Suits actress and Prince Harry have to sit apart because they are not engaged?

"This is what happens when you put people in the White House that know nothing about government," one Twitter user wrote.

Markle, 36, has become famed for her royal relationship over her acting and humanitarian work.

Prominent suffragist played a key role in getting voting rights for women.

The former world number one says strides are being made for women in sports.

A Christian couple is pursuing legal action against a school because it accepts transgender pupils.

Longer sentences for rapists contribute to a more egalitarian, peaceful society.

Parents said "it is wrong for school to encourage very young children to embrace transgenderism."

India's Supreme Court ruled that the controversial divorce practice is unconstitutional on 22 August.

Full nudity has been forbidden in the city since 1994, with the exception of shirtless men.

Warner Bros has announced that it is working on a female version of Golding's 1954 novel.

Obama-era policy was meant to address pay imbalances based on race, gender and ethnicity.