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World

VR, cinema and jazz: discovering creative industries at the Abu Dhabi

Creative concepts in the capital: Luminaries gather at the Abu Dhabi Ideas Weekend

09/03/2018

Green News

Women role models of Living it

On the occasion of the International Women's day, we made a selection of creative and unique women who we met in the last months.

08/03/2018

USA

McDonald's flips its arches for Women's Day

It's the first year McDonald's celebrates International Women's Day this way, and some customers are lovin' it.

08/03/2018

World News

International Women's Day 2018 around the world

Look back at Euronews' live blog on International Women's Day events from across the world.

08/03/2018

Spain

Canary Islands minister calls on EU to scrap ‘tax on women’

The Spanish archipelago is the only EU territory that charges zero tax on female hygiene products.

07/03/2018

World News

Abortions on the decline in Europe

Since 2005, there has been a significant reduction in abortions in most European Union member states, according to data analysed by Euronews.

20/02/2018

Saudi Arabia

Saudi women enjoy themselves at football match in Riyadh

Saudi women were only allowed into stadiums in January.

13/02/2018

World News

The EU countries with more female than male scientists

The majority of scientists and engineers in Lithuania, Bulgaria and Latvia are women.

11/02/2018

World News

#Mosquemetoo: Women denounce sexual harassment during Hajj pilgrimage

#Mosquemetoo launched on Twitter to denounce the sexual harassment of Muslim women during the Hajj pilgrimage is going viral.

10/02/2018

Ireland

Meet the Irish expats pledging to return for abortion referendum in #H

Irish emigrants have pledged to return home to vote in favour of ending the country’s near-total ban on abortion.

08/02/2018

United Kingdom

Britain to consider pardoning suffragettes

The move coincides with the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the People Act, which extended voting rights to millions of women over 30.

06/02/2018

Saudi Arabia

107,000 Saudi women apply for 140 jobs at passport office

The General Directorate of Passports had announced two weeks earlier it was looking for female applicants for roles at airports and the country's land borders.

02/02/2018

World News

Which European countries have the strictest abortion rules?

Euronews looks at abortion regulations across the European Union to find out whether countries are pro- or anti-abortion.

30/01/2018

Ireland

Ireland to hold historic abortion referendum

Voters will have the first opportunity in 35 years to overhaul some of the world's strictest abortion rules.

30/01/2018

Business Series

Women chair Davos forum

For the first time in the 48-year history of the World Economic Forum, the 2018 summit in Davos, Switzerland will be chaired entirely by women

25/01/2018

Spotlight

Lacking manpower, Japanese firms court women

With Japan's aging population and shrinking workforce, what are companies doing to woo female workers?

23/01/2018

Saudi Arabia

Saudi women get the right to drive — but what about everything else?

Headline-grabbing announcements regarding women's rights obscure the conflicts within families and throughout society over justice and the rule of law.

22/01/2018

World News

Womens' March Global seeks big turnout on Sunday

A year of the Trump administration has given women plenty of food for thought, and many of them feel sick.

19/01/2018

Poland

Euroviews. View: Decisions about my body do not belong to politicians

Last night, Polish MPs voted to refer a Stop Abortion amendment to a parliamentary committee for consideration

11/01/2018

France

Catherine Deneuve, 100 prominent French women denounce

French actor Catherine Deneuve and about 100 other prominent French women say flirting is not a crime and that the #metoo movement has led to a form of feminism that promotes the "hatred of men and of sexuality".

10/01/2018