gender inequality
FGM Case Reported Every 109 Minutes in England
Data released on the eve of International Day of Zero Tolerance of FGM reveals the scale of the practice around the world is far higher than previously thought.
Killing for Honor: How Reputation Became Life and Death Currency in Pakistan
VICE News traveled to a remote part of Pakistan to investigate the murder of a group of youngsters for singing and dancing, and find out how a brutal honor culture was originally about survival.
Pussy Riot Have Announced Plans to Open a Women-Only Museum
The core idea is simple: it will be made by women and be about women, with only female curators and administrators and displaying only female artists.
Japanese Women Have Lost a Supreme Court Battle to Keep Their Own Surnames
A group of women have been fighting since 2011 in the Japanese courts to be allowed to keep their own names when they get married — but the government said such a move would destroy family ties.
Cops in England Are Struggling to Deal With 'Staggering' Domestic Abuse
A report by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary details a 31 percent spike in recorded domestic abuse incidents in England and Wales, causing excessive workloads that make it difficult for police to respond adequately in each case.
Only 118 Years To Go Until Women Get Equal Pay
The World Economic Forum has analyzed a decade of data looking at efforts to close the global gender gap in pay, health, education, and politics. Let's just say things are moving pretty slowly.
British Women Are Working for Free From Today Until January
November 9 is Equal Pay Day in the UK — the date from which men in full-time employment have already earned what women will earn over the course of the whole year.
NDP Promises $40M for Women’s Shelters After Mulcair Scuttles Debate on Women’s Issues
Money for the Shelter Enhancement Program would help create or renovate 2,100 spaces and shelters, the NDP says.
The Federal Government Is Studying How Drunk Men Look at Women
The federal government is hoping that a study of drunk men's eye movements will help to reveal the role alcohol plays in gender relations and sexual violence against women.
How FIFA Has Hurt Women's Soccer
Perhaps women's soccer will gain a more prominent role within FIFA now that Sepp Blatter has resigned as president.
Pakistan’s Radical Feminists Are Fighting Violence with Activism and Art
We met the Pakistani women who dare to fight for free speech. One of them was Sabeen Mahmud, a woman who created a countercultural haven for thinkers in Karachi and, in April, paid for it with her life.
A UK Parliamentary Candidate Whose Horrific Life Story Went Viral Is Fighting Britain's Old Boys' Club
Naz Shah is rising to power from a past of abuse, drug deals, murder, and poverty.