The International Maritime Organisation (IMO) is using this year’s International Day for Women in Maritime to press a sharper ...

Millions of women and girls remain without adequate legal protection due to the failure of African governments to enact and effectively enforce national laws and regional agreements, Equality Now ( ...

Ireland has become one of only two European Union states to have no women leading any of its listed companies, in a setback ...

This year’s IMO International Day for Women in Maritime (May 18) focuses on embedding gender equality at every level of the maritime industry, both on shore and at sea. Under the theme “From Policy to ...

Anti-discrimination advocates are celebrating a court upholding the rights of a trans woman to access a women-only ...

Digital entrepreneurship is emerging as a lifeline for African women facing rising unemployment, inequality and funding ...

A World Bank study finds that Bangladesh has significantly reduced gender, regional, and rural-urban gaps in education across ...

Reaffirming its commitment to women’s empowerment and to strengthening inclusivity and equality within the Kuwaiti capital ...

The Coalition has vowed to "define biological sex" in the Sex Discrimination Act as a first-term priority if it wins ...

European law forces 40 per cent gender balance on listed boardrooms but exempts the cabinets that actually wield public power ...

Representatives from 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation economies gathered in Shanghai to forge new commitments to ...