Woman’s Hour live from Albert Square, as part of the EastEnders 40th anniversary.

On International Women’s Day (8 March), that is the bold call for action for all women and girls worldwide. As we mark the 30th year of the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, the world is ...

Family, faith and a love of dressing up are all a major part of one centenarian's life — but her years on this Earth have produced a few surprises as well. A great-great-great-grandmother whose ...

A sacred stool has been stolen from the Krofrom Palace. The Black Stool was reportedly stolen after some men broke into the palace in the absence of the new chief.

Here’s how it works. Bad news: The Wonder Woman game from Monolith and Warner Bros. Games is officially canceled, folks. Warner Bros announced that the upcoming superhero game, which was ...

For decades, the anti-abortion movement has aggressively promoted women into visible leadership roles. It's for cynical reasons, namely, to bat off entirely accurate accusations that the movement ...

Marla Gibbs has always been on the right side of history—from her role as Florence Johnston on the groundbreaking sitcom The ­Jeffersons to advocating for a Black woman to hold the highest ...

Three years of war in Ukraine have reversed decades of progress for women and girls, leaving millions in urgent need of support, according to UN Women. Russia’s full-scale invasion has forced more ...

A Polish woman has doubled down on her claim that she is Madeleine McCann. Julia Wandelt — who also goes by Julia Wendell or Julia Faustyna — has alleged that a new set of DNA test results ...

The Ukrainian writer Victoria Amelina compiled stories of women resisting the Russian invasion. After she was killed, colleagues ensured publication of her unfinished book. By Rebecca Donner ...

Generational wealth, as hers may be, means Francoise is the richest woman in the world at the moment. The granddaughter of the founder of L'Oréal, she and her family own over a third of the entity.

Subscribe now! Onijah Andrew Robinson, the Bronx-born woman dubbed the “Queen of Pakistan” who has captivated social media, now has people worried about her fate in Dubai. Robinson has been ...