Ads have been defaced on shops such as once-banned beauty parlors, which proliferated in Afghan capital after US toppling of Islamists in 2001

A study released by Jewish Women International says that shelter, acknowledgment, legal services and support for survivors of violence are inadequate across all denominations

Prominent women in Kabul take to social media to express their pain for both a country and a way of life stolen now that Islamist militia back in control

Beginning next month, an all-female armored Merkava IV company will defend the frontier as part of the mixed-gender Caracal Battalion, commander says

In most recent attack outside City Hall, images of Peggy Parnass sprayed with paint; women's rights group blames ultra-Orthodox activists trying to remove women from public arena

Rights group says live broadcast cut away over 100 times during Premier League match between Tottenham and Manchester United to conceal shots of Sian Massey-Ellis in shorts

Gender studies pioneer Linda Laura Sabbadini re-envisioned her field through a human lens; now she's advocating on behalf of women to the world's most influential heads of state

Renowned advocate of women's rights was jailed several times for her political views, faced apostasy accusations from Islamists

After 13-year-old allegedly assaulted in quarantine hotel, mother says light charges against suspect 'give legitimacy' to future attackers

For International Women's Day, what can be done to change the world, with Jennifer Weiss-Wolf, co-founder of the advocacy group Period Equity