Women's rights

Winners of The Australian Women's Weekly/Qantas Women of the Future competition met Prime Minister Tony Abbott at a reception at Parliament House in Canberra earlier today.

A coroner’s inquest into the death of Victorian schoolboy Luke Batty, who died when he was stabbed by his mentally ill father in the rural town Tyabb in February, is examining ways the 11-year-old’s death might have been prevented. Luke’s father Greg Anderson, who was wanted by police in relation to four separate arrest warrants […]

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has not only taken the number one spot on The Weekly's first ever Power List, but she is also the most popular woman online, Google results have found.

Pakistani teenager and education activist Malala Yousafzai; and Indian child rights campaigner Kailash Satyarthi have been awarded the 2014 Noble Peace Prize.

A Spanish businesswomen has said that she would not hire a woman between the ages of 25 and 45 incase they fell pregnant.

A Brisbane woman brutally murdered and dismembered by her partner, a chef who then cooked parts of her body, was a transgender cabaret dancer who earned as much as $500-a-night as a "high-class" prostitute.

Women are turning their back on a political career and other leadership roles out of fear they won't be treated fairly.

Chanel and Karl Lagerfeld stage a mock demonstration at Paris Fashion Week, supposedly in the name of feminism.

Three out of four Australian employers haven't taken steps to ensure they pay women and men fairly, new research shows.

The Duchess of Cambridge represents "a step forward for women and reflects modern women", a survey has found.