International Women’s Day, celebrated on March 8, provides an opportunity to reflect on the strides made in women's rights in ...

International Women's Day is a global event that happens every year on 8 March to celebrate the achievements of women and to ...

Wu Zhao - noble, beautiful and well-educated - became the concubine of the elderly Emperor Taizong at the age of 14. She soon attracted the attention of the Emperor's heir, Li Zhi, who made her ...

This short film offers a look at Confucian beliefs about social hierarchy and the place of women. Dr Amanda Foreman discusses these beliefs as they are described in the Confucian Classics ...

A woman suicide bomber targeted a convoy of Pakistani paramilitary troops in the restive southwestern province of Balochistan yesterday, killing at least one soldier and injuring four others, ...