Europe

MOSCOW/ Russia has added what it calls the “LGBT movement” to a list of extremist and terrorist organizations, state media said on Friday. The move was in line with a…

A robot baby was an unlikely guest star on the catwalk at the Schiaparelli couture show in Paris earlier this year. Maggie Maurer, who had walked a few seasons previously…

Denmark plans to conscript women for military service, the Danish government revealed Wednesday, becoming one of just a few countries requiring women to serve in the armed forces. “More robust…

Campaigners for women’s rights in the UK are calling for more mental health support for domestic abuse victims after police recorded 93 suspected abuse-related suicides in a year. A report found 242…

The Ministry of Defence is facing fresh claims of harboring a toxic culture as figures reveal that nearly 100 allegations by civil servants of bullying and harassment are being investigated.…

Women working for the NHS will be entitled to two weeks’ leave if they have a miscarriage, in a move hailed as a major step to wider recognition of the…

Addressing the opening of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), the pivotal forum dedicated to promoting and safeguarding the rights of women and girls worldwide, Secretary-General António Guterres stressed the disproportionate…

Teachers give higher grades to girls than to boys with the same academic ability, according to a study published today in the British Journal of Sociology of Education. And the bias is…

The study, by Dr. Caroline Miles and Professor Rose Broad from The University of Manchester, found women surveyed in Greater Manchester and Merseyside suffered from threats, verbal abuse, being flashed…

Women continue to face barriers in entrepreneurship, with only 17 percent of small and medium-sized businesses being owned by women in Canada. To address this issue, the Canadian government has introduced…