Society

Indonesian rights groups protest against dialogue for gender equality over alleged failure to address issues in North Sumatra. Indigenous and women’s rights groups in Indonesia are protesting against the G20’s…

A dad has justifiably made a whole Reddit community very, very angry. His wife took to the AITA forum to share a story that recently went down, which involved her husband neglecting their child in…

The 30% Club’s mentoring scheme, aimed at getting more women into board-level positions, is now 10 years old. How much has it achieved? On July 13, a few thousand of…

The fact that medical professionals seldom ask women whether they served in the military upon assigning them a diagnosis is just one of the reasons why many female veterans fail…

Human beings can change their gender but not their sex, a leading fertility expert said last night, as he waded into the fierce debate around trans and women’s rights. Professor Robert Winston, of…

After eight months as McKenzie Trahan’s case manager, Leslie Kerr was leaving. McKenzie was so dejected that a friend had to trick her into showing up to say goodbye. Kerr,…

Risa Mickenberg lives in a stylish New York City apartment, but she prefers to call the dwelling something else: Her “cave”. Despite being in close proximity to around eight million…

Lhakpa Sherpa, who recently climbed the Nepal side of Everest, negotiates her adventures with remarkably limited resources Lhakpa Sherpa – the female world record-holder for Everest summits – uses a…

Marine biologist and science communicator Melissa Márquez has always had a fascination with the ocean.   But growing up, she saw no women — especially Latina women — represented in the…

Cadence Taylor may only be 15 years old — but the young Queenslander already has her mind set on changing the world with science. Tackling climate change and its impact…