Three decades after the Beijing Platform for Action, the groundbreaking UN declaration that affirmed that women’s rights are human rights, the global movement for gender equality and women’s ...

From 1991 to 2002 civil war consumed Sierra Leone, killing more than 50,000 people. While the story of the war has been told in various forms (most notably the Hollywood movie Blood Diamond), far less ...

Millions of girls around the world are out of school, simply because they are girls. Oct. 11 is International Day of the Girl, a day when advocates around the world highlight the critical need for ...

Japan's parliament is facing an unexpected test of gender equality as Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi throws her support behind ...

The Council is calling for targeted efforts to advance gender equality in the digital age, with a focus on the risks and opportunities presented by AI. In today’s conclusions, the Council proposes ...

Speaker of the House of Representatives, Abbas Tajudeen, said the victory of the Nigerian female National Basketball Team, D’Tigress, has emboldened him to continue to fight for gender inclusion and ...

Gone are the halcyon days of the women’s movement: Votes for Women; the ERA; bodily autonomy; and a collective will to change the culture. “Look at statistics—they’re not good,” said Karen Shepherd, ...

South Africans’ conservative and deeply patriarchal attitudes to gender, lack of funding, failing justice system, bureaucracy and corruption, weak law enforcement, and neglect of prevention ...