(opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) Copy Two billion women and girls worldwide lack access to any form of social protection, according to ...

A new national survey reveals how the pandemic fundamentally changed the way Americans — especially women — think about job ...

Afghanistan's ruling Taliban regime has sent some women to prison to protect them from the threat of gender-based violence, a United Nations report released Thursday said. Taliban authorities told the ...

Women subjected to gender-based violence are to have a legal right to protection and counselling in Germany after a corresponding bill passed in the lower house of parliament, the Bundestag, on Friday ...

Nairobi, Kenya, February 7, 2024 — The United States Ambassador to Kenya, Margaret Whitman, paid a visit to the International Rescue Committee's (IRC) Women Empowerment Centre in Lodwar, a hub of ...

Scholastic competition—especially college sports—has become an important part of the fabric of our country. And in increasingly divided times, athletic competitions are one of the few things that ...

The Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act is set to get a vote in the U.S. Senate on Monday. The bill would establish a stronger federal precedent to keep trans athletes out of women's and girls ...

GENEVA, March 6 (UNHCR) - The UN refugee agency on Thursday launched an important guide for the protection of females as the organization's leader, António Guterres, reaffirmed UNHCR's commitment to ...

When Roe was overturned in the now-infamous Supreme Court Case Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, women and people with the capacity to become pregnant all over the country braced ...

UNHCR welcomes a decision Friday by Colombia's Constitutional Court, which ruled that displaced women are particularly vulnerable and ordered the government to create 13 programmes for their ...