women's rights

Companies in the top quartile for gender and ethnic diversity are 35% more likely to have financial returns above the industry average.

Women are increasingly being told that anything can be overcome with drive and a can-do attitude.

International Women's Day 2018: Women hold protests around the world to highlight gender inequality, sexual harassment and other

Anti-abortion activists are writing fake reviews and listing abortion clinics as permanently closed in a bid to show more "crisis pregnancy centres" in the search results.

Twinkle Khanna, producer of Bollywood movie Pad Man, speaks to IBTimes UK about Arunachalam Muruganantham's incredible story revolutionising periods in India.

The Senate blocked the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act which backers claimed protected foetuses.

Daughter of rapist dad Mario Mamani Vilca gives birth to healthy child after abortion ruled out. Her mother did not report the sexual abuse.

There's been a rise in upskirting cases on public transport, and porn sites are even showing videos - but it's still not illegal.

#Where_is_She? movement on social media puts focus on woman "disappeared" after peaceful protest against Iran's strict dress code.

Women's marches were held in many US cities, as well as London, Paris, Rome and Berlin, to mark the first anniversary of Donald Trump's inauguration.

I couldn't press charges against my ex who shared videos of us having sex online, so I launched the first civil revenge porn case in UK history - and won.

Nepalese woman Gauri Kumari Bayak dies after being banished to mountain hut for menstruating. She was following ancient Hindu tradition Chhaupadi.

Menstruating girls banned from crossing River Ofin in the Upper Denkyira East district of Ghana by 'powerful river god.'

Disney is facing criticism for selling a girls' T-shirt with the slogan, "Shoes speak louder than words."

'Ridiculous' Miss France contest organisers Sylvie Tellier and Geneviève de Fontenay mocked for dedicating beauty pageant to denouncing violence against women.

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.

Roy Moore is due to stand for election in Alabama next month, despite the allegations by the women.

The test allows doctors to inspect the hymen of women to verify rape claims. It is considered unscientific and a violation of the victim's privacy, and was banned in India in 2014.

An advertising campaign for tampons is breaking boundaries by showing blood and tampon strings, rather than the usual blue liquid.

A quarter of a million pounds of the money raised by the tampon tax will be given to an anti-abortion charity, the government has confirmed.

On the 50th anniversary of the Abortion Act in the UK, women in Ireland are still struggling for the same freedom.

Malala is the world's youngest Nobel peace laureate, an award she received after being shot in the head by Pakistani Taliban militants because she campaigned for girls' education.

King Salman issued a decree allowing women to be given driving licences, in what some say was the first step towards women's empowerment in the Kingdom.

The pair became the second and third people to be convicted under recent forced marriage laws in Sweden after they sent their daughter to marry someone in Kurdistan.

Carl Tennant was jailed for 18 months after he repeatedly assaulted his partner and tried to control her life.

97% of procedures carrying serious risk are performed in developing countries.

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

Saudi society is changing, and youths are satisfied with new developments in the Kingdom.

Italy rocked by string of rape cases in recent weeks, prompting Rome mayor to declare September 'black month'.