An increase in the number of women locked up in Northern Ireland over recent years "tallies" with the economic crisis, Justice Minister Naomi Long has suggested. Northern Ireland's female prison ...

Chief prisons inspector Charlie Taylor has urged for more to be done urgently to help women behind bars cope (Andrew Milligan/PA) A lack of “basic care” for women in prisons causes such ...

The NCAA announced Thursday it will limit competition in women’s sports to athletes assigned female at birth, complying with an order made by President Donald Trump barring transgender women and ...

This shift reflects a broader societal trend towards gender equality and women’s empowerment. Financial Independence: As more and more women enter the workforce and achieve economic independence ...

The United Nations has organized four world conferences on women. These took place in Mexico City in 1975, Copenhagen in 1980, Nairobi in 1985 and Beijing in 1995. The last was followed by a series of ...

The new policy limits women’s competition to athletes assigned female at birth, and covers all of the N.C.A.A.’s sports. Appearing before Congress last year, Mr. Baker said that there were ...