Europe

Katerina Andersen, a 39-year-old woman now famous on social media as a traditional wife, lives a life that seems straight out of a classic film. She wears 1950s-style dresses, bakes…

Ruth Herbert, a 52-year-old British activist, has successfully ended her extraordinary six-month journey on foot — walking from her home in Arnside, England, all the way to Istanbul — in…

Austria has reignited one of Europe’s most sensitive debates: should young students be allowed to wear religious headscarves in school? A new government-backed draft law seeking to ban the Islamic…

In France, a new generation of Muslim women basketball players is refusing to sit on the sidelines. After the French Basketball Federation banned the wearing of religious symbols — including…

In the heart of Scandinavia’s famed democratic landscape, a disturbing pattern is emerging. Increasing threats and harassment are pushing female politicians out of the public sphere — and raising alarm…

Migrant women in Sweden confront a range of intertwined challenges — from unemployment or under-employment, to difficulty accessing welfare services tailored to their needs, to limited language skills and the…

After years of public debate and a series of shocking trials, France has passed a historic reform to its sexual assault laws — officially recognizing that sex without explicit, mutual…

More than half of women in Germany say they feel unsafe in public places — especially in nightclubs, train stations and other transit hubs. The results of a recent national…

From the start of 2025 to 4 September, 51 women and girls aged over 13 have been killed by men across Britain, according to the “Counting Dead Women” project. The…

In a quietly powerful gesture beyond sport, Spain’s national women’s handball team combined athletic dominance with a political statement during their European Championship qualifier against Israel. A Match Beyond the…