Society / Women

It’s clear that we will not achieve gender equality unless we work positively with faith communities, including with men and boys, writes Helen Dennis.

Tabitha Ross describes how the conflict is affecting women exposed to gender-based violence, and the vital work of one Lebanese organization seeking to combat it.

Domestic violence has deep roots within modern society, but too often our legal system privileges the status quo instead of protecting the vulnerable, writes Brian Loffler.

An Indian entrepreneur has a solution for some of the 21.6 million women who resort to unsafe abortions every year, writes Cristiana Moisescu.

Women are rising up across the globe to say, ‘we are not just victims, we are the solution!’, writes Osprey Orielle Lake.

Stories, silences and songs - the Ethiopian musician talks to Graeme Green.

Giving a voice to the voiceless, Ruby Diamonde's friend Tatiana is an inspiration.

Good news stories this month.

Support for the decriminalization of sex workers causes uproar. Cristiana Moisescu reports.

Fergus Simpson visits a hospital helping Congolese women and children recover from conflict-related trauma and violence.

Pro-choice advocacy groups have taken up new tactics in their struggle, writes Cristiana Moisescu.

Chris Brazier looks back at what NI was covering three decades ago.

Valeska Hovener and Marielle van Uitert hear how two Afghan women who have fled family abuse are learning to move on.

Janet Nicol reports on Canada's Highway of Tears.

Some light relief in Malaysia.

Lydia James talks to a young girls' group with a difference.

For the women left behind in Kashmir's border villages, life has its own challenges, as Sofi Lundin discovers.

Photographer Jannatul Mawa closes the distance between housewives and housemaids in Bangladesh.

A landmark case in Tunisia sees police rapists jailed.

A new law in Egypt is a positive step for women, but not the end of the struggle, says Chalaine Chang.