The Australian government has registered "serious concerns" with Qatar about an incident in which female passengers, including Australians, were taken off a flight bound for Australia and subjected to an invasive search.
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Access to early medical abortion is an important part of women’s sexual and reproductive health care. Yet often country GPs don't offer this service.
Most young women we interviewed said they gained pleasure watching sexually explicit material, but their focus was often on their male partner's needs, desires and expectations, rather than their own.
Women only spaces are legally allowed to exist for a reason.
The end of the 8th amendment is on the horizon.
We could expect a change in language to decrease gender disparities across a host of measures, including wages, educational attainment, and leadership positions in corporate and political life.
In Hobart supporting the Tasmanian Greens ahead of the state election, Greens leader Richard Di Natale said 'in one of our states, women are not getting access to safe terminations'. Is that correct?
Ireland was quick to elect a woman member of parliament, but it's been slow going thereafter.
A top class female footballer and tragic young soldier who was shot for 'desertion' despite fighting in some of WW1's bloodiest battle fields are two hidden stories of The Great War.
Sylvia Pankhurst's book is the dominant narrative of the time, but was she unfair to her sister Christabel?
This vote should be about the morality of letting women suffer.
A huge majority of Americans support equal rights for women. Is now the right time to get an amendment passed?
After a fierce debate, one of the most restrictive reproductive laws in the world has been eased.
The author of a new book on Clinton’s global impact sees two factors behind her strong foreign policy stance.
Sex workers in South Africa are all potential criminals due to the country's regressive laws. But their status may change soon, making South Africa the first African country to decriminalise sex work.
Belfast court inflicts three-month suspended jail term for acquiring abortion pills online in first criminal prosecution for a decade.
Do women in the Oval Office or the courtroom make a genuine difference? Research from English juries suggest they do.
Women are more likely to claim in-work benefits so they're more likely to have their movement restricted by the UK's EU renegotiation.
She didn't even believe in equality, but this Victorian woman's personal struggle against her husband became a matter of national importance.
In Indonesia, a culture that views policewomen as lesser officers than their male counterpart still prevails.
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