Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. As a tribute, women covered women's suffrage leader Susan B. Anthony's tombstone with "I Voted" stickers from the 2016 U.S.

While the UN General Assembly (UNGA) has been the setting for several historic moments for gender equality, much is still to be achieved regarding women’s representation and participation. Just four ...

Gender Equality as a human right and a development goal is enshrined in the 1948 Universal Declaration on Human Rights and in the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination ...

Judy Purser told a story about how she and other girls had to prove they had showered after high school gym class. It was intended to a funny memory, and on one level it was, except it wasn’t. And it ...

The fight for women’s right to vote in elections is known as the ‘suffragette movement’. By the end of the 19th century, this had become a worldwide movement, and the words ‘feminism’ and ‘feminist ...

The theme for International Women’s Day 2022 was #BreakTheBias. As the official IWD organization wrote: Imagine a gender equal world. A world free of bias, stereotypes and discrimination. A world that ...

International Women’s Day (IWD) is a global celebration of the achievements of women and a call for gender equality. Every year, this special day is observed with events, campaigns, and initiatives ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Marianne Schnall is a journalist who amplifies women’s leadership. Top row, from left: Fatima Goss Graves, Ai-jen Poo, Stacey ...

McGraw is the president of Women’s Empowerment International, a nonprofit that funds microfinance, small business development, education and training, and other barrier-breaking programs that give ...

Although inequalities persist, over recent decades, substantial progress has been made towards achieving gender equality. In the EU this progress is due to legislation, the integration of gender ...