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‘Inequality is not inevitable but there is more to be done all around the world,’ says a leading gender equality charity head

It is the first successful attempt to do so after 17 years of efforts

UN Women documents were left unencrypted and without password protection in a database that anyone with an internet connection could access.

UN Women says figure doubled in 2023 amid ‘blatant disregard’ of laws that left women and children unprotected

A paramilitary attack on a market in the Sudanese city of El-Fasher killed 18 people, a medical source told AFP on Friday, after world leaders appealed for an end to the country's wartime suffering.

It’s the big question that has loomed over Kamala Harris’ presidential campaign from the start: is the United States ready for a Black woman president?

Armed gangs control much of Caribbean country’s capital with reports of 40 rape victims a day in areas, UN reports

The anti-abortion crowd who believe embryos are ‘extrauterine children’ have been weirdly silent about the strike

Deepfake pornography of famous women like Taylor Swift has sparked outrage and calls for the regulation of artificial intelligence. Yet this powerful technology is not only being used to bully women in the public eye – minors are also being victimised. Schoolgirls are finding themselves targeted by AI-generated deepfake porn…