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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

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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

Malaysia

Zika spreads in Malaysia

Malaysia confirms first pregnant woman has contracted Zika.

07/09/2016

Sport

18-year-old becomes first Iranian female Olympic medalist

The first Iranian woman to win an Olympic medal is eighteen-year-old Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin in Taekwondo who beat her Swedish opponent to take the bronze.

19/08/2016

World News

FGM provokes fierce debate in Dagestan

A report about female genital mutilation (FGM) has sparked a fierce debate in the North Caucasus. Some clerics in Dagestan have defended the practice.

18/08/2016

World News

Lima protesters demand end to violence against women

Demonstrators have been out in force in the Peruvian capital Lima, demanding an end to violence against women.

14/08/2016

Japan

Japan is slowly closing the gender gap

Last Sunday Koike Yuriko was elected as the first woman governor of Tokyo.

02/08/2016

Japan

Tokyo poised to elect first female governor - exit polls

Tokyo appears poised to welcome its first ever female governor.

31/07/2016

Japan

Tokyo elects its first female governor

Tokyo has elected Yuriko Koike as its first female governor, according to widely trusted exit polls.

31/07/2016

Syria

Women and children use 'safe corridors' to escape Aleppo - Syria TV reports

More than 150 civilians – mostly women and children – have been leaving besieged eastern parts of the Aleppo, according to Syrian TV reports.

31/07/2016

World News

'Girl power' for Hillary Clinton

Female senators from Maryland, Missouri and Massachusetts are supporting Hillary Clinton after she accepted the Democrat presidential nomination.

30/07/2016