The artist Susan Unterberg, acting anonymously, has distributed more than $5.5 million over 22 years to 220 underrecognized female artists over age 40.

Aboard a search-and-rescue boat in the Aegean, lifeguard Sarah Mardini scans the horizon through binoculars, searching for dinghies carrying refugees from Turkey. In August 2015, she and her younger...

In a historic move, on 3 August, the Parliament of Jordan voted to abolish the infamous “rape law”—article 308 of the Penal Code—which allowed a rapist to avoid prosecution by marrying his victim for...

A man was fined for lewd, insulting comments to a woman aboard a bus. He was also jailed, for slapping her behind and hitting the bus driver.

Research shows funding for potentially life-saving reproductive services in crisis situations remains inadequate despite increased awareness of needs

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Male violence against women is rife – and it’s getting worse. We need a new, inclusive form of masculinity to eliminate it

The legislation will also give underage victims of rape an extra ten years to file complaints

From farmworkers to podcasters, bakers to graziers, these women are reshaping the food system.

On International Day of the Girl, we look at the challenges of our unequal world, with girls facing discrimination through education, health, marriage and employment

When Honduras parliamentarians this week unanimously passed a bill making child marriage illegal, they took leadership on an issue that deserves urgent attention in Latin America. As momentum builds...

Dr. Uhlenbeck helped pioneer geometric analysis, developing techniques now commonly used by many mathematicians.

With a vote in Parliament, New Zealand joined the Philippines as the only countries in the world with such legislation, granting victims 10 days off work.

Bim Adewunmi: 2014 was the year we discussed street harassment and made feminist declarations. But a lot else happened this year. Here is an inexhaustive list of heroes, villains and victories - big...

Many girls feel sexual harassment in the street is "all part of growing up", a report suggests.

Binisera Lamichhane Mangar cradles her 2-year-old granddaughter and, with her free hand, turns on a gleaming faucet as the entire village of Gadhi looks on. The pipe gurgles as the crowd hold their...

Ahead of the UN General Assembly, UN Women Executive Director Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka writes that governments and Heads of State must match the ambition of the 2030 Agenda with equally ambitious...

Away from the lights of the World Cup, on the African archipelago of Zanzibar, a group of Muslim women are challenging a culture that says only men can play soccer.