HEAD of the United Nations Resident Coordinator’s office, Shabnam Mallick has emphasised the vital role of partnerships, policy initiatives and collective action in advancing gender equality as a ...

Just two weeks after Democrat Sarah McBride made history by becoming the first out trans person elected to Congress, a House ...

The summit of the Group of 20 leading economies in Rio de Janeiro has produced a joint declaration that, while not totally ...

Even if that were the case (I truly don’t believe that it was), it still shows that Black and white Americans are not on the ...

The usual suspects abstained from voting on a seemingly uncontroversial United Nations resolution that denounced violence ...

A selection of the week's best photos from across the African continent and beyond. It has been a night of contrasting emotions as vote-counting continues across key swing states. For 15 years ...

Climate governance is dominated by men, yet the health impacts of the climate crisis often affect women, girls, and gender-diverse people disproportionately, argue researchers ahead of the upcoming ...

Sweden has long been a pioneering promoter of gender equality. The overarching Swedish principle is that everyone, regardless of gender, has the right to work and support themselves, to balance career ...

Diwali, the Festival of Lights, is celebrated extensively in India and worldwide. It symbolizes the victory of light over darkness and good over evil, with traditions including lighting diyas ...

Women’s under-representation in parliaments and the lack of gender equality policies, or more hostile policies such as winding back abortion rights, are related. In our forthcoming book chapter ...