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It comes days after Malala Yousafzai urged Muslim leaders to support a right to education for women and girls living under the Taliban.

A woman’s ability to attend medical school was considered a loophole in the Taliban’s laws that banned women from higher education.

Free pads and tampons will then be expanded to 700 sites across Victoria next year, including train stations and hospitals.

An independent review of the Government’s Paid Family and Domestic Violence (FDV) leave has found while the entitlement is “operating as intended”, there has been “low uptake” of it.

Australia is taking legal action against the Taliban in the World Court for violating women’s rights protected under a UN treaty.

Pharmacies in NSW will be able to provide contraceptive pills to women who’ve consistently used the pill over the past two years.

State Government officials agreed to meet with a group of doctors to discuss sexual violence protesters’ demands in Kolkata.

25 bosses from the 300 largest companies in Australia were women CEOs, down from 26 in the 2022/23 financial year.

The Taliban has banned on the sound of women’s voices in public, prohibiting them from speaking. The United Nations has condemned this.

Politicians could be fined for misbehaving in Parliament, as the Government introduces laws to set up a new complaints body.

Tampons are used by more than half of people in the U.S. who menstruate, according to UC Berkeley’s School of Public Health.

Albanese said the leaders will discuss the Government’s 10-year National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children at National Cabinet.

Jamilla Clark and Arwa Aziz both alleged they were forced to remove their hijabs in front of male New York police officers.

Over 70% had experienced gender bias in the diagnosis and treatment of a health condition. 72% had experienced gender bias at the GP.

Over the last few years, 22 pain clinics – aimed at improving access to endometriosis treatment and diagnosis – have opened in Australia.

The Victorian Government will set up an inquiry into how the state’s healthcare system addresses women’s pain.

The Federal Liberal Party’s most senior female MP Sussan Ley wants new strip clubs to be stopped from opening.

Icelandic Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir is among thousands of women and non-binary people expected to stop work today for a national women’s strike.

It means eligible patients can access the pill without the need for a GP appointment. The initiative is part of a trial by the NSW Government.