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Iceland: the country takes out its first loan for gender equality

The Republic of Iceland has made history on the sovereign debt markets by issuing a 50 million euro bond dedicated to gender equality. This...

Ukrainian women denounce “mass rape” by Russian soldiers

In Paris, Ukrainian victims and associations are denouncing "mass rape" by Russian soldiers in Ukraine, a "systematic policy" they claim is designed to break...

Claudia Sheinbaum elected President of Mexico: the country’s first woman in power

Newly elected President of Mexico, Claudia Sheinbaum, has pledged “zero tolerance” in the face of the immense challenge ahead of her: governing a country...

Fintech has a gender problem : here’s why you should care

Wrote by Chloe Fox-Robertson, PhD Researcher, University of Manchester and Dariusz Wojcik, Professor of Financial Geography, National University of Singapore; by The Conversation Fintech (financial...

VIDEO – Rapper P. Diddy, filmed hitting his ex-girlfriend Cassie

US broadcaster CNN has released a montage of surveillance footage taken at a Los Angeles hotel in March 2016, revealing an episode of violence...

Women’s safety: man versus bear, the question that is stirring up social networks

On social networks, a question has gone viral: if you were a woman in a forest, would you prefer to meet a man or...

Russia: a photojournalist in Moscow is remanded in custody for “extremism”

Photojournalist Antonina Kravtsova has been charged with "extremism" by a Moscow court, which has remanded her in custody. The offence is punishable by up...

Pro-Palestinian demonstrations on American campuses : Nicole Bacharan denounces “an outburst of virulent anti-Semitism”

Boston, New York, Atlanta, Los Angeles... In these American cities, the pro-Palestinian movement is spreading to university campuses. Clashes and anti-Semitic demonstrations have led...