Le programme FWIS honore, depuis 24 ans, les femmes chercheuses. Objectif : encourager les jeunes fe

President set to deliver remarks in Alexandria, Virginia on pandemic response

Human Rights Watch is calling on Cameroon to repeal its anti-homosexuality laws and stop interfering

France's ministry of education this week took steps to make French more inclusive by feminizing some

Only five deaths recorded in 2020, compared to 31 in 2018

Natural herbivores eat away shrub on which forest fires thrive

United Nations report finds less than half of women surveyed have real autonomy in decisions involvi

United Nations report finds less than half of women surveyed have real autonomy in decisions involvi

EU officials strongly criticize Turkey but offer Ankara key concessions 

Move saw continuing pushback against women's rights and a refusal to address issues of gender identi

New report claims federal forces broke laws of war with attacks on Humera, Shire, and Mekelle

Human rights experts describe conditions at al-Hol and Roj camps as sub-human, and that under intern

Attacks by ADF killed at least 849 civilians and injured dozens last year in Ituri and North Kivu pr

Ready, set, jab: Africa's coronavirus epicenter receives 1 million vaccine doses, for health workers

The most corrupt countries were South Sudan and Somalia, the least corrupt were Denmark and New Zeal

Zimbabwe's Supreme Court ruling last year granted women the right to equal property if a registered

In decree, pope formalized what already has been happening in many developed countries for years

The all-female network JIN News has weathered raids, arrests and more to report on Kurdish and women

In a Tuesday interview with VOA, an informed source said Arezoo Mohammadi and Banafsheh Mokhtari vol

In VOA interview, source close to activist Jila Karamzadeh Makvandi said a judge notified Makvandi o

Human Rights Watch says conditions in those camps are getting worse and that government's recent eff

The WTO is looking for a new director-general to replace Brazilian Roberto Azevedo, who stepped down

Vaccine trial in South Africa halted after volunteer in England falls ill

Report by the Defense Department inspector general says terrorist organizations are getting a boost

White House adviser spoke a day before he is to join a senior Israeli delegation on the first commer

Former President Barack Obama took a series of thinly veiled shots at the actions of his successor t

Beijing given until Friday afternoon to close the Houston facility, which has about 60 employees in

After a Hindu temple was vandalized in Pakistan's capital, Amnesty International demands action from

UNAIDS says most of world not on course to meet 2020 goals, and COVID-19 is pushing them further off

Violence at protests, an unsolved killing of a journalist, and threats lead to backsliding in press

The plea by US governors follows the unveiling of a $3 (trillion-plus coronavirus relief package by

The human rights award winner and founder of Pakistan's first cyber-harassment helpline says she mov

Top court rules that women could serve as army commanders, dismissing the government's stance that m

Activists from all walks of life gathered in Washington Saturday for the fourth Women's March, calli