In October 2024, the Committee urged Japan to revise its Imperial House Law to allow female succession. The current law, ...

Miyachi, president and CEO of Cartier Japan, talks about the impact of the Women’s Pavilion at World Expo and the Cartier Women’s Initiative program ...

Japanese climber Junko Tabei was part of an-woman team climbing Mount Everest. Despite almost being crushed in an avalanche, ...

Junko Tabei's summit of Everest on May 16, 1975 was not her hardest battle. It took her a lifetime to be acknowledged as a true pioneer.

Brazilian filmmaker Kleber Mendonca Filho wanted to explore his childhood memories of life under the country’s military dictatorship and how that time echoes in the present in his Cannes Film Festival ...

If vulnerable nations no longer receive U.S. assistance that helps them meet economic objectives and fosters democratic ...

The Olympic Games have always been about more than medals, reflecting ideals that go beyond victories and record-breaking ...

UN Women estimates that more than 28,000 women and girls have been killed in Gaza since the beginning of the war in October ...

A South Korean court’s decision to uphold the convictions of two people for running a prostitution ring involving dozens of Japanese women has stirred outrage online – but in Japan ...

This year’s theme, “The power of communities”, celebrates the strength that emerges from solidarity. It honours the diversity within LGBTIQ+ communities and the collective efforts of human rights ...

Japan and Thailand have qualified for the FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup after edging IR Iran and China PR respectively.