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What the world's wealthiest can do to empower women
Observers warned that social status of Chinese women is improving "slowly," and called for greater participation of Chinese women in public life, ahead of the InternationalWomen's Day which falls on Wednesday.
The Trump administration is working on a new set of directives on the use of school bathrooms by transgender students, the White House said Tuesday.
A growing number of parents are eschewing tradition and attempting to ensure that their second child is female.
The World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed its annual global gender gap report today, and the results are depressing.
Discovering different aspects of gender is part of a teenager's growth. Boys in Shanghai are lucky that they will now have a better and appropriate understanding as the first textbook on gender education in China has been published recently, according to local media in Shanghai.
U.S. President Barack Obama called himself a feminist in an essay published on Thursday in Glamour magazine, urging all men to keep fighting against gender stereotypes and double standards.
Canadian lawmakers voted on Wednesday to alter the country's national anthem to make the lyrics gender neutral, a move that comes as the new Liberal government focuses on being more inclusive toward women.
Australian male CEOs with daughters or first-had experience of discrimination were more likely to champion gender diversity in their workplace, a study has found.
A judge in Oregon has granted a petition allowing a person to legally choose neither sex and be classified as nonbinary: an important development for transgender Americans while civil rights and sexual identity are in the national spotlight, advocates and legal experts said.
Female Australian authors are being shunned by professional book reviewers, while there is also an underrepresentation of women reviewing books, a literature expert from the Australian National University (ANU) told Xinhua on Friday.
UN Women chief Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka applauded the progress China has made in women empowerment, especially in the areas of education and health.
This month is the 20th anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women, which was held in Beijing in 1995 and has been credited with laying out 12 critical areas of concerns that must be addressed to achieve gender equality.
When 37-year-old Monica Shahi used to introduce self as being transgender, people would stare with questioning eyes seeking numerous proof. She used to feel tired giving countless explanations regarding her existence and identity.
A political adviser called for regulation and supervision to protect women from being discriminated against in employment during the ongoing two sessions.
The 21st century has unleashed new opportunities for African women, thanks to the implementation of affirmative action policies and legislation to narrow gender gap in socioeconomic spheres.