Women's rights

Female tennis players have heads too.

Study finds a sneaky double standard that is robbing qualified women of promotions and leadership roles.

Children, women and elderly people who couldn’t run away fast enough when Islamist extremists stormed their town were among an estimated 2,000 killed in a bloody massacre that went almost unreported last week. Hundreds of bodies are reportedly still lying in the bush in the wake of what Amnesty International is describing as “the deadliest […]

Hacked Sony emails reportedly reveal Jennifer Lawrence and Amy Adams received a smaller share of box office proceeds for American Hustle than their male counterparts.

A young Saudi woman has reportedly been arrested after she disguised herself as a man to sneak into a stadium to watch a football match in the city of Jeddah. While most aspects of daily life involve segregation of some kind, Football stadiums in the Saudi kingdom have very strict male only policies. The woman […]

Uber hasn’t proven to be a safer alternative to taxis that some female travelers had hoped for. Newsweek reports that a female passenger using the taxi app in London complained to Uber about a driver sexually harassing her. According to Newsweek, the company’s marketing manager followed up the incident with the woman, saying they were investigating […]

Mark Latham. Melbourne author and columnist Kasey Edwards has launched a Change.org petition calling on the Australian Financial Review (AFR) to cease publishing the “offensive and derogatory” columns of former Labor leader and columnist Mark Latham

Historically the Bond franchise has always implied that a woman's place is in the bedroom but the new 007 cast further reveals Bond might be getting a macho fantasy makeover?

Anyone with even a passing interest in the online feminist space will be familiar with the kinds of pond algae that swim in its waters. Many prominent feminist writers have spoken out about the kinds of sick-making abuse that has been hurled at them simply for speaking out.

Big German companies will be forced to have women in at least one third of their executive positions following a decision by the government to introduce a new law. The agreement will involve the Frauenquote – or women’s quotas – becoming law in December and companies will have to implement it by 2016. Some of Germany’s 108 […]