There will be no female president come January. But in the days leading up to the election, there was a distinct possibility that this 227-year-old gender barrier would be hurdled, and so we asked women to tell us about their own vividly recalled barriers. Almost 1,200 of you responded. Here are some of your stories.
U.S. President-elect Donald Trump' s stunning political upset has sparked protests in several major cities nationwide, and the demonstrations may continue for some time.
As Kenya remains relentless in promoting empowerment of women, some are making steady steps toward achieving the goal.
Their hair styled and make-up applied, a group of elderly women carefully take to a red carpet catwalk, waving, blowing kisses and posing for pictures to cheering crowds.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed its annual global gender gap report today, and the results are depressing.
Japan’s Constitution promises gender equality, and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe says he wants a society where all women can “shine.” But many women say that is hard to do when they cannot even use their own surnames.
A historic mosque in India agreed on Monday (Oct 24) to scrap a ban on women entering its inner sanctum, after a bitter legal battle about the restriction in the deeply religious country.
The United Nations named comic-book superhero Wonder Woman as an honorary ambassador to fight for gender equality on Friday, amid criticism that the scantily clad fictional character was an inappropriate choice.
As the 2016 U. S. election is heading into the homestretch, Republican and Democratic presidential nominees Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton are expected to ratchet up attacks against each other's controversial issues during the third and last presidential debate on Wednesday in Las Vegas, Nevada.
A senior UN official on Tuesday voiced deep concern about what he called "the rapidly escalating humanitarian crisis in Mosul," a city in north Iraq, calling for strengthened efforts to protect women and girls in the city being liberated by Iraqi forces from the Islamic State (IS) terrorists.
Her voice shaking, the First Lady dismantled every one of Trump’s excuses for his behavior toward women.
A majority of Republican voters say that the party establishment is hurting the party with their continued criticism of presidential nominee Donald Trump, a new poll said on Wednesday.
A total of 80 women have been elected as MPs following Friday's parliamentary elections in Morocco, local media reported on Wednesday.
The White House said on Tuesday Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump's recently disclosed lewd comments about women could amount to "sexual assault".
U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump apologized Sunday night during his second presidential debate for his lewd remarks about women, but reiterated that was "locker room banter."
U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump said on Saturday he would never drop out of the race despite mounting bipartisan condemnation of his lewd and sexually aggressive comments about women in 2005.
After a week of feuding with Alicia Machado — a Hillary Clinton supporter and a former Miss Universe whom Donald Trump once called “Miss Piggy” for gaining weight — Trump says he can explain his past comments: “A lot of that was done for the purpose of entertainment,”Trump told KSNV reporter Jim Snyder while campaigning in Las Vegas.
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