Only one film from twenty having a female director at this year's Venice Film Festival has brought strong criticism from inside and outisde the industry. Alessia Sonaglioni, the group's director, has said that she was shocked by this and the festival director's comments.

"First Man" opens 75th Venice Film Festival

Tokyo Medical University has apologised after admitting it has been marking female candidates down for over a decade. Many in the country worry that female doctors will take time off for maternity leave, and create a doctor shortage.

Inspire Africa features a Senegal entrepreneur making health services more affordable, a Rwandan institute tackling the issue of gender equality and insights from Douala, the economic capital of Camer

Eleven out of the seventeen ministers are women, making it the only female dominated cabinet in Europe - and possibly the world.

Gender inequality is costing every one of us a fortune. World Bank CEO Kristalina Georgieva tells Euronews why and explains what needs to be done.

The lowest-altitude match at the Dead Sea comes less than a year after the same group broke the Guinness World Record for the highest-altitude football game played.

Some 8% of respondents had no median gender pay gap, and 14% had a pay gap favouring women.

Former tennis star, John McEnroe has backed the BBC in a gender pay row over the difference between the salary he received for his commentary at the Wimbledon championships, compared to that received by female tennis champion Martina Navratilova.

It's revealed there's a huge gap between what men and women earn.

International Women's Day is also 'Women's Pay Day' according to the UK's Trades Union Congress. It says March 8 is the day when average women effectively start earning, compared to better paid average men.