Afghanistan

Shukria Barakzai fears Afghan women's rights will worsen

Coinciding with an international troop pull-out from Afghanistan, politician Shukria Barakzai fears losing the human rights many women have fought

31/12/2014

Saudi Arabia

Saudi women drivers referred to terrorism court

Two Saudi women detained for nearly a month in defiance of a ban on females driving have been referred to a court established to try terrorism cases

25/12/2014

United Kingdom

History is made - the Church of England appoints its first female bishop

Forty-eight-year-old, mother of two, Libby Lane has made Church of England history by overturning centuries of tradition and becoming its first

18/12/2014

India

Candlelit vigil on second anniversary of fatal gang rape that shocked India

Dozens of people gathered in the Indian capital New Delhi on Tuesday to condemn violence against women on the second anniversary of the brutal gang

16/12/2014

India

Praise for Indian sisters after fightback video goes viral

01/12/2014

Hungary

Women's rights groups in Hungary condemn police rape video

01/12/2014

World

Sakharov Prize winner Mukwege on justice for DRC's women

26/11/2014

World

WISE choice: Ann Cotton transforms African girls' lives through education

07/11/2014

USA

Update: Emma Watson nude photos threat may be elaborate PR stunt

23/09/2014

World

Mother nurture: the impact of maternal influence on children's education

16/05/2014

World

Boko Haram: rebels with a cause, or simple gangsters?

14/05/2014

France

Portuguese Helena Costa to be first ever female manager of French professional men's team

07/05/2014

World

Women's Day, India, suffering in world's largest 'democracy'

08/03/2014

World

Breaking down the barriers to equal education rights

07/03/2014

United Kingdom

UK: Female prisoners 'coerced into sex for cigarettes and alcohol'

25/02/2014

My Europe Series

The complex and emotive debate on abortion in Europe

24/01/2014

World

Turning the corner in Tunisia: a Learning World special focus

10/01/2014

World News

Simone De Beauvoir: Google Doodle marks 106th birthday

09/01/2014

India

India: teenage gang-rape victim burned to death by her attackers, say police

02/01/2014

Saudi Arabia

2 Saudi women arrested for driving

12/12/2013