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[Watch]: Australian Senator breastfeeds while moving motion in parliament

The Greens senator made headlines in May this year as the first woman to breastfeed within Federal Parliament

India

Judges to examine 'sexist' instant divorces in India

A multi-faith five-judge bench said it will look at whether the practice is "fundamental" to the right to Islam, according to local reports.

World News

Breastfeeding first in Australian parliament

Larissa Waters, senator for Queensland in the Australian Senate, has made history by becoming the first mother to breastfeed in the Senate chamber.

Poland

Poland's right to life bill raises the question "What kind of life?"

Every two hours during the night Małgorzta Tomczyk gets up to rub ointment into her son’s skin to prevent it drying and cracking up.

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Sweden

The Swedish melting pot where women work for a better future

Yalla Trappan, a Swedish social enterprise that combines work, inclusion and women’s empowerment started with just six women when it was founded seven years ago.

World News

What choices for European women seeking gender equality?

Efforts to end discrimination that affects half of the European population have fallen through in a European Union dedicated to economic harmonisation.

Economy

New British law could be major boost in womens' fight to close gender pay gap

From Thursday all British forms employing 250 people or more will have to publish by next April the complete gender breakdown of their workers' pay, and will no longer be able to hide the lower rates

Focus

Role of African women: a key issue at Dakhla forum

Agriculture, food security, sustainable development and the role of women — just some of the topics covered at this year’s Crans Montana Forum which was held in…

USA

Women's Day marchers target Trump on abortion and pay gap

International Women’s Day saw demonstrations across America in favour of economic equality and against President Trump’s policies on abortion and healthcare.

World News

'A Day Without Women' highlights lack of gender diversity

A statue of a young girl stands in front of Lower Manhattan’s well-known bronze charging bull, as if to fearlessly stare it down.

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.

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.