World

For a party that talks a big talk on women and equality, it's embarrassing that Labour has never elected a woman as leader.

Afghan women have been speaking out against the Taliban for years. After dozens were brutally detained, men in one city finally joined them.

Britain's proposed restrictions on under-16s acknowledge that the status quo has failed. The real test, however, will be whether governments can force technology companies to change.

A survey has named British women among the angriest in Europe. It's obvious why: they've got so much to be angry about.

Long before North Korea signaled its next leader might be female, its women were quietly making change.

What does the bombing of Iran mean for Iranian women? The British-Iranian peace advocate Sanam Naraghi Anderlini asks if it could destroy years of work to improve their lives.

Recommendations to improve policing in the wake of Everard’s murder have yet to be implemented—meanwhile, for women, the world feels like a darker place.

It's been four years Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine. The country is facing repeated attacks energy infrastructure and collapsing funding for women-led and women’s rights organizations.

In its efforts to combat infertility, France is missing the point. That's because a decision to have a child isn't just a medical issue, it's a social one, too.

Indian women are taking charge of their own pleasure, guided by online influencers and easier access to a wealth of new products.

The Taliban’s criminal code, introduced at the start of this year, marks a new low for women.

Gisèle Pelicot’s son David is encouraging more men to speak out against sexual violence. It's working.

Billionaire wealth hit a historic high in 2025, with male tech executives leading the way.

Men might dominate the rap scene in India, but women there are taking the art form to new levels.

At first, Paris appeared to be a city where race didn’t matter. But things weren’t all they seemed.

Last year, 137 women and girls were killed by an intimate partner or family member every day, according to new UN data

'The journalist in me was elated, the woman in me felt validated'—The Persistent sits down with the sports reporter Rica Roy as she reflects on the significance of India’s women’s World Cup win.

The definition defines consent as free and informed, specific, prior, and revocable. 'It cannot be inferred solely from the victim’s silence or lack of response.'

They stopped cleaning and cooking; they stopped doing laundry and they stopped looking after their children. They’d had enough.

Afghan women gave testimony about the human rights abuses they have experienced. To Afghan women and girls who feel forgotten, that in itself is a message of hope.

Nearly a year on from the historic landmark verdict in the Pelicot drugging and rape trial, some things really have changed.

Without Bertha von Suttner, an Austrian pacifist, the Nobel Peace Prize might never have come into existence.

In 2015, the U.N. established sweeping gender goals. Ten years on, they’re not even close to being met.

Angela Rayner, Britain’s outspoken deputy prime minister, resigned last week after a media campaign against her. A reminder that some will pay the price while others get off scot-free. It depends on who you are.

Taliban restrictions have made women medics a rarity, putting women’s health, care and survival at serious risk.