Although ‘diversity’ and ‘inclusion’ have become buzzwords in Japan, society still lags behind in terms of gender equality. Japan was ranked 116th out of 146 countries in the World Economic Forum’s ...

Three decades after the Beijing Platform for Action, the groundbreaking UN declaration that affirmed that women’s rights are human rights, the global movement for gender equality and women’s ...

Gender equality is enshrined in the opening preamble of United Nations Charter 1945. But despite progress and some setbacks, not a single country has delivered 100% on gender equality. Is the sinister ...

A doctoral student in women's studies reports on a February gathering in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, demanding inclusion of women's perspectives in the construction of family law in both Muslim-majority ...

Actor Angelina Jolie joins U.S. senators during a press conference on the Violence Against Women Act in the Capitol on Feb. 9, 2022. Three decades ago, in 1994, Congress passed the Violence Against ...

A shadow pandemic lurks in homes, workplaces, and communities worldwide: gender-based violence. It affects nearly one billion women and girls globally. While looking at this figure as simply a ...

Convening next week for its annual gathering, the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) will mark 30 years since the famous Fourth World Conference on Women in 1995, also known as the “Beijing ...

It was a special night marking ten years of making a difference for gender equality in New York City. NEW YORK (WABC) -- It was a special night marking ten years of making a difference for gender ...

These are arguably the most feminist and female-friendly countries on earth, where gender equality is at its highest and women can rest assured their rights and protections are top priority.

If you were among those who jumped on the 2016 nostalgia trend on social media recently, you may have been romanticising how you once felt about the fight for gender equality. Around 10 years ago, ...