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'Trapped in my house': Violence against women rises in Covid-19 pandemic

Lockdowns have led to increases in complaints or calls to report domestic abuse in several countries, according to UN data.

Meet four women shaking up the US midterms

The wave of female candidates running for Congress in the 2018 midterm elections is expected to cause many upsets; in particular due to Democratic women dominating the race.

Can Lebanon's female election candidates bring change?

Lebanon's current parliament has a paltry number of female members. But now, 11 percent of the candidates contesting in the first parliamentary elections in a decade are women.

Serbia's first female PM presents cabinet

The country's first female head of government pledged to reform education and take steps to help get Serbia closer to EU membership.