The film tells the story of the day when 90% of Icelandic women left their jobs and handed their children's care over to the fathers.

Icelandic police have confirmed that they are examining comments made by a Catholic priest about homosexuality that may ...

On the sidelines of the ongoing 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York, the UN Women Leaders ...

Women are presidents or heads of government in only 28 of the world’s 195 countries, and 101 states have never had a female leader.

Statement by Ambassador James Kariuki, UK Chargé d'Affaires to the UN at the UN Commission on the Status of Women. Madam Chair, I have the honour to ...

The event took place against a concerning global context marked by growing inequality, democratic backsliding, and persistent discriminatory laws affecting women and girls.

Lavina Oduor is a Kenyan humanist social activist, co-founder, and current Director of Heart to Heart Smile, a volunteer-led organization whose mission is ...

Heavy social media use is undermining youth wellbeing in many countries, according to a UN-sponsored report published Thursday.

D with full winners list. Closure, Michal Marczak’s searing account of a man desperately searching for his missing teenage ...

The journalism industry and journalists themselves have invested considerable time and effort in creating a near-mythic image ...

March 8 was International Women's Day and it should remind us how startlingly recent women's basic freedoms really are.

Recent Herald letters pages contain many contributors putting forward various ideas suggesting changes to the voting system.