Eleven women responded to charges that rights groups say include contact with international media and human rights groups, in the second hearing of a high-profile trial that foreign reporters and diplomats are barred from attending.

On December 21, 1990, I was 8 years old, sitting in a bomb shelter in Kuwait with my family. Two men burst in, yelling my little brother's name. They had been sent by the embassy to collect all American citizens and get them out of the country for their safety. My brother had been born in Philadelphia nine weeks prior, while my family was there for my father's work. They came to get him.

According to the old saying, a picture is worth a thousand words. But in the case of Josephine Cobb and her 1952 discovery in a Civil War–era photograph, it’s worth exactly 272.

The plaintiff alleged that Johnson & Johnson's baby powder caused her mesothelioma, a form of cancer linked to asbestos exposure.

Pornhub has released insights and statistics on its female viewership, and what type of porn women watch broken down by region.

Dutch researcher finds cache of information including phone numbers, addresses and ages

When my teenager was a toddler, the rules for the mothers of daughters were fairly simple: Raise your girls to be strong and independent. By your own example, teach them to be respectful and to demand respect in return. And above all, tell them there are no limits to their aspirations in life, at least none based on gender alone. Ten years later, as my second daughter nears adolescence, “mean girls” are the icons of her generation, glaring examples of empowerment gone wrong.

International Women’s Day is a worldwide event that celebrates women’s achievements – from the political to the social – while calling for gender equality.

Ireland voted to liberalize abortion laws. The far-right government in Warsaw is moving in the opposite direction.

Swiss champion Nicole Hanselmann is forced to stop her breakaway charge in the Omloop Het Nieuwsblad when she begins to catch up with a very slow men's race.

If you peeked into a suburban living room in the 1950s, you might see a group of women in funny hats playing party games, tossing lightweight plastic bowls back

Sweden and France among states found by the World Bank to enshrine gender equality in laws, but implementation haphazard

This is just a tiny sample of the thousands of women working in tech in the UK, including startup founders, vendor executives, CIOs, security experts, developers, technologists, lawyers and academics.

Buddhist authorities in Thailand do not accept the female monks of Nakhon Pathom. But one woman, Dhammananda, is hoping to change that one ordination at a time.

Rather than avoiding organizations with cultural barriers that prohibit career advancement, seek businesses that show they welcome anyone dedicated to moving up the career ladder. These positive signposts are a healthy way to start.

Several women say Adams offered to jumpstart their music careers, then pursued them sexually and in some cases retaliated when they spurned him. He denies the claims.

In a new study, researchers uncovered female programmers who made important but unrecognized contributions to genetics.

A new cybersecurity program teaches girls online safety, while giving them tech confidence.

The Polish government is targeting women’s rights activists and organizations, putting women’s rights and safety at risk. Activists have targets on their backs simply for helping survivors of abuse or for supporting basic rights to reproductive health and peaceful protest.

Can't bear the winter cold anymore? Consider for a moment, this photograph of a woman climbing a glacier in a billowing Victorian skirt.