Women's Issues

MADRID (Reuters) -Spain's lower house of parliament on Thursday passed a bill that qualifies all non-consensual sex as rape in...

KABUL (Reuters) - The United Nations rights envoy in Afghanistan said on Thursday the country faces "severe" human rights challenges...

PARIS (Reuters) - A French administrative court has suspended the city of Grenoble's decision to allow body-covering "burkini" bathing suits...

By Elizabeth Pineau PARIS (Reuters) - The Paris prosecutor's office said on Wednesday it would not at this stage open...

By Michelle Nichols UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations Security Council on Tuesday called on Taliban authorities in Afghanistan...

PARIS (Reuters) - Damien Abad, France's newly appointed minister for Solidarity and the Disabled, again strongly denied on Monday he...

By Michel Rose and Tassilo Hummel PARIS (Reuters) -France's new government will speed up work on a bill to help...

By Renju Jose SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia's Labor Party leader, Anthony Albanese, was sworn in as the country's 31st prime minister...

PARIS (Reuters) - Damien Abad, France's newly appointed minister for Solidarity and the Disabled, on Sunday strongly denied he had...

By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) - Professional women and voters concerned about climate change unleashed a third force in Australia's...

By Philip Pullella ROME (Reuters) - They didn't sing together but U2 frontman Bono and Pope Francis were in harmony...

By Mohammad Yunus Yawar KABUL (Reuters) - Taliban authorities in Afghanistan have asked television broadcasters to ensure that female presenters...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia's political parties are in the final stages of campaigning ahead of a general election on Saturday....

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Lawmakers in Mexico's southwestern state of Guerrero voted on Tuesday to allow abortions, making it the...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain's leftist coalition government on Tuesday approved a draft bill to reinforce abortion rights and make Spain...

MADRID (Reuters) - Spain is set to become the first European country to introduce paid leave for women who suffer...

By George Obulutsa and Duncan Miriri NAIROBI (Reuters) - Kenya's top two presidential candidates have announced their running mates, with...

(Reuters) -Relatives and supporters of Ukrainian fighters in the Azovstal steel plant on Thursday called for fresh efforts to save...

By Laura Gottesdiener MONTERREY, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexico's president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador vowed on Friday to deliver justice for...

By Brendan O'Brien (Reuters) -The Supreme Court of Canada on Friday ruled that defendants accused of violent crimes such as...