Although ‘diversity’ and ‘inclusion’ have become buzzwords in Japan, society still lags behind in terms of gender equality. Japan was ranked 116th out of 146 countries in the World Economic Forum’s ...

A specific focus on the pressing issues affecting women, girls and transgender people around the world, and the critical work being carried out by women’s rights movements ...

Three decades after the Beijing Platform for Action, the groundbreaking UN declaration that affirmed that women’s rights are human rights, the global movement for gender equality and women’s ...

Gender equality is enshrined in the opening preamble of United Nations Charter 1945. But despite progress and some setbacks, not a single country has delivered 100% on gender equality. Is the sinister ...

NEW YORK (WABC) -- It was a special night marking ten years of making a difference for gender equality in New York City. Eyewitness News' Sade Baderinwa was the emcee for the "HeForShe" gala on ...

Liberia reaffirmed its stance on gender equality in diplomacy and governance through its feminist foreign policy and other ...

Convening next week for its annual gathering, the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will mark 30 years since the famous Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995, also known as the “Beijing ...

A shadow pandemic lurks in homes, workplaces, and communities worldwide: gender-based violence. It affects nearly one billion women and girls globally. While looking at this figure as simply a ...

In his first major move as Canada’s prime minister, Mark Carney eliminated roughly a third of all cabinet positions, including the crucially important Minister of Women and Gender Equality. This ...

The pro-family movement took shape in the United States during the second half of the 20th century as a form of resistance to feminism, legalisation of abortion and the proposed Equal Rights Amendment ...

An explosion of sexual harassment and assault allegations has broken through Taiwan’s general complacency on the question of gender equality. In this image made from June 2, 2023, video provided by ...

The transgender rights movement has been on the wrong track for several years now, and the wake of physical, emotional and cultural harm it’s leaving behind is difficult to quantify. Many are now ...