Afghan women earned the right to vote more than a century ago. Today, under Taliban rule, they are practically erased from public life and even banned from singing. These were just some of the ...

For women starting new businesses, early funding from venture capital firms led by other women is vital. But few are large enough to lead subsequent rounds of financing. By Nell Gallogly When ...

TOKYO: The number of people in Japan aged 100 or older has hit a record high of more than 95,000 - almost 90 per cent of them women - government data showed on Tuesday (Sep 17).

Women hold more of the top jobs in companies than ever before, but they lag behind men on crucial early promotions into management—holding them back from greater power at work. That’s one of ...

According to the latest Women in the Workplace report from Lean In and McKinsey, many of the tactics experts and scholars have been recommending to company leaders for years have been paying off ...

Yang’s experience speaks to one of the biggest problems facing China’s female graduates: while more and more women are graduating from university, it is often much harder for them to get a ...