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Economy

Statue of girl facing down Wall Street bull highlights inequality

International Women's Day marked on Wall Street with a stature of a girl placed in front of the bronze charging bull near the New York Stock Exchange.

World News

Women's day sparks soaring support for action over Polish MEP's sexism

Tens of thousands of Europeans have put their name to a petition calling for a far-right Polish MEP to be removed from office.

Europe News

The Brief from Brussels: Campaigners seek end to male-dominated conferences

This is the Brief from Brussels, a roundup of the daily news stories from Europe’s de facto political capital.

World News

From the boardroom to the butcher's shop, women discuss gender inequality

Women in a range of professions around the world talk about their experiences of gender inequality.

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United Kingdom

Women should "go forward in comfy shoes", say MPs debating work dress codes

British MPs discuss workplace dress codes after petition receives 150,000 signatures

New Zealand

It’s time to pay the sisters the same as the misters!

A new online video campaign designed to raise awareness about the issue of pay equality in New Zealand hit the internet on February 15.

Turkey

The woman who returned from the dead to face an impossible choice

She’s the victim of a gripping and extraordinary tale of kidnap that escaping would mean death for either her or the father of her three children.

Argentina

Argentina : topless protest

Following the banishing of bare-breasted women sunbathers from a beach in Buenos Aires, dozens of topless protesters, along with hundreds of fully-clothed supporters have taken to the…

Tanzania

Babies targeted as FGM victims get younger, say campaigners

Babies are among the victims of female genital mutilation (FGM), campaigners claim, reflecting a growing trend of younger girls being targeted.

World

Female-only driving school aims to challenge gender stereotypes in Egypt

A female-only driving school in Cairo is hoping to motivate more women to get behind the wheel and learn the basics of car maintenance.

Russia

Russia softens the law on domestic violence

The country's lower house has passed a bill decriminalising some forms of domestic violence. It will make battery of a relative a civil and not criminal offence when the victim suffered no serious har

Sport

Olympic course stands firm on controversial female membership policy

A Japanese golf club set to host 2020 Olympic tournament said on Wednesday it would not change its membership policy that bars female players becoming regular…

Business Line

The rights and wrongs of women's rights

Business Line looks at women's rights in worldwide as millions express concerns their rights will be eroded under the Trump administration.

Cinema

Showbiz stars on the march at the Sundance Film Festival

The Sundance Film Festival is in full swing but at the venue in Park City, Utah the Women’s March filled Main Street as Trump’s inauguration was in everybody’s minds at the…

USA

Best pussyhat forward as America's Women prepare to defy Trump

The day after Donald Trump becomes president of the United States the nation's women lead global protests against

USA

Donald Trump, day one: US Women's March set to go global

Organisers of the January 21 event are expecting around one million people to march in at least 300 sister events globally.

Germany

Germany plans more transparency over gender pay

The German government has approved new legislation that will force companies to be more transparent about salaries paid to male and female employees.

Italy

Bawling babies get breastfed in the Sistine Chapel

Pope Francis has baptised 28 infants in the Sistine Chapel, telling their mothers to feel free to breastfeed them if they cried.

World

The Emirati Amal Al Qubaisi aims to build a common strategy with the EU against terrorism

The Emirati Amal Al Qubaisi is the President of the Federal National Council of the United Arab Emirates – the region’s first female leader of a national assembly and is one of the most influential wo

Afghanistan

Asylum request in US by first female Afghan fighter pilot causes stir

Niloofar Rahmani was supposed to return to Kabul over the weekend after a much-publicised stint of 15 months' training with the US Air Force