women

From the hustle and bustle of a startup, Fereshteh Kasrai now works from home, like many Iranian women fighting to…

Women have warm hands, their periods alter their sense of taste and they can’t work long hours — just some…

UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres has urged governments to include the protection of women in their response to the deadly…

For many women in the Middle East and North Africa, physical violence is a part of everyday life. In countries…

Jamie Chui has been a virtual prisoner in her Hong Kong home for most of her nine-month pregnancy. Trapped initially…

Women mostly stayed off Mexico City’s streets Monday as part of a protest against the country’s soaring rate of gender…

With stores in India and New York, multiple clothing brands and a global celebrity following, fashion designer Anita Dongre is…

Sudanese women were at the forefront of the protests that toppled autocrat Omar al-Bashir but 11 months on, activists are…

Bangkok’s future hangs in the balance. Rising sea levels, unchecked development, groundwater extraction, and rapid urban population growth has left…

Officially, rape hardly happens in Myanmar and domestic abuse is non-existent. The reality? Violence against women is so pervasive it…