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A new campaign sets out to end discrimination against Gypsy and Traveller communities, the ‘last respectable form of racism’

Online campaign #WhiteWednesdays, which protests the obligatory wearing of headscarves for women in Iran, is gaining momentum

World champion rock climber Ashima Shiraishi won her first competition when she was just seven. Now, her sights are set on the 2020 Olympics

Films with diverse casts are proving more popular at the box office, finds a study by the Creative Artists Agency

Residents can now identify as X on state-issued documents

The world’s first all-female animation summit targets industry gender bias

Taiwan has become the first country in Asia to legalise homosexual marriage

A record number of female MPs will take up seats in the House of Commons after more than 200 women were elected in Thursday’s general election

Are quotas the best way to improve gender diversity in positions of power? Consensus can be tougher than conflict. We present a complicated issue to two thought leaders and ask them to respond [...]

Open borders would accelerate the global economy and lift millions out of poverty, argues Dutch author and historian Rutger Bregman

Billy Briggs meets the young women breaking new human rights ground in a conflict-plagued region

A new journalism project, Sahar Speaks, launched earlier this month to help support women journalists in Afghanistan. Founder Amie Ferris-Rotman explains why she thinks it's needed more than ever

The world’s wealthiest individuals spend a considerable sum on personal security, but as Matt Mellen asks, would they feel the need to if we lived in more equal times?

Despite an increasingly loud conversation about inequality, its root causes remain intact. Stewart Lansley argues that the government has the power to tackle the issue if only it would consider [...]

An all women's football team in Sudan are aiming to kick gender bias out of the sport

Leaders from diverse fields have united to call to make the UK economy work for people and the environment

New quota will see women fill at least 30% of supervisory board seats

A post-Soviet generation of feminists is working to transform society through a mix of personal and political action

All the latest from the world of campaigning, including doctors divesting from fossil fuels, gender equality on the national curriculum and how you can help take over a national newspaper

A quiet gender revolution in Namibian politics is underway following a commitment to a gender equal parliament and a 'zebra' system that aims to create a male-female balance for ministerial roles