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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.

31/01/2017

Philippines

All smiles: French dental student wins Miss Universe!

Oh là là!

30/01/2017

Real Economy

Balancing work and children

It is tough for us to balance our work and our personal life, but add kids to the mix and the going gets really tough, especially for women.

17/01/2017

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.

16/01/2017

Afghanistan

Five women airport workers gunned down in Afghanistan

A spokesman for the governor of Kandahar says the women were in charge of searching female travellers at Kandahar airport.

17/12/2016

Germany

Watch: horrific attack on the Berlin metro

Shocking footage has emerged of the moment a thug kicked a woman in the back as she walked down the stairs in a metro station in Berlin.

11/12/2016

Focus

Responsibility meets profitability - the future of the sharing economy

The sharing economy could be worth 335bn euros by 2025. But what about the promises of making the world a fairer, greener and more socially-connected place? That was up for debate at the Woman's Forum

05/12/2016

Cult

Pirelli calender less make-up and subtle sexuality

Pirelli calendars known for their images of scantily-clad models has made headlines since 1963 and this coming year is no exception, but with a twist.

30/11/2016

World

Two women defy the odds to run for president in Somalia

Somalia is a patriarchal society which has never had a female leader till until recently when two women took a step to make that dream a reality.

28/11/2016

Poland

Polish women get self-defence classes from army

Polish women are getting free self-defence training from the army.

19/11/2016

Sport

All-female Raid Amazone hits Palm Springs

The 15th edition of the all-female ‘Raid Amazone’ kicked off this week.

15/11/2016

France

French feminists walk off the job to highlight gender pay gap

Activists in Paris have walked off the job to protest against the gender pay gap.

07/11/2016

Afghanistan

Video: Training Afghanistan's women soldiers

Women in Kabul's military training academy are proud to serve and protect their country, despite opposition and threats

06/11/2016

USA

Women hold key vote in US election but have little love for either candidate

Women are the the largest group of registered voters in America, and might normally be expected to back the country's first-ever female candidate for president, especially as the three-times divorced

01/11/2016

World News

Closing the gender pay gap - 170 years until complete equality

When the clock struck 2.

27/10/2016

Jordan

Jordanian female plumbers aim to get more women into work

Maryam Mutlaq and 29 classmates are now qualified plumbers.Only 14% of women in Jordan work, but Maryam and her classmates don't see why.

27/10/2016

Business

The sea urchin fisherwomen of Senegal

Fishing in the sea remains the main activity for most women in Senegal's local Community Lebu.

23/10/2016

World News

UN's choice of Wonder Woman as Gender Ambassador slammed by critics

The UN's choice of Wonder Woman to become an honorary ambassador for gender equality has not met with everyone's approval.

22/10/2016

USA

Two more women allege Trump groped them in the past

The separate complaints concern alleged unwanted sexual advances the Republican presidential candidate made in the early 1990s and in 2007. He denies misconduct.

14/10/2016

Afghanistan

Afghan women imprisoned in elder's homes

Women in Afghanistan are forced to serve time in tribal elder's homes where they are effectively treated as their property

11/10/2016