From empowerment-lite to love-jihad, Rahila Gupta explores the perils of hijacked feminist agendas.
Nimko Ali is a brave, straight-talking, Somali British woman, who is revitalizing the campaign against female genital mutilation (FGM).
Women’s rights has got its mojo back – and not a minute too soon. Hazel Healy takes stock of the challenges ahead.
Anne Hoffman hears about the struggle for reproductive rights in Chile.
Louise Gray talks to the award-winning musician about the resilience of African music, and why she won’t be pigeon-holed.
Shereen El Feki uncovers a surprising truth about life in the Middle East.
Dean Peacock , the director of Sonke Gender Justice Network, is determined to engage men and boys in women’s rights. By Janey Stephenson.
For hundreds of South Asian women each year, an arranged marriage in Britain leads not to love but to slavery. Samira Shackle reports.
Girls are being trafficked from Vietnam into China and forced to work in brothels or sold into marriage. A tiny number get away, or are rescued by activists from Blue Dragon. Phillip Martin reports.
Is the tide turning in China? Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore reports on how young couples are thinking about babies.
Daily wage-earner Kajri is defying her husband to save her daughter. She confided in Ankita Balloh.
Rajashri Dasgupta explodes a few myths about educated middle-class women in India.
Facts and figures on the missing girls of the world.
How South Korea got back to normal.
Afghan MP Fawzia Koofi wants women to get out of their traditional closet.
Housing, prostitution, violence and the pursuit of economic growth. Praise, blame and all the points in between? Give us your feedback.