The average country scores 67 out of 100 for laws supporting women’s economic equality, and 53 for enforcing them, the World Bank finds. The gap is widest on safety from violence, but 68 economies passed reforms in two years, and Egypt shows how fast laws can...
France’s National Assembly passed a cross-party bill on sexist and sexual violence by 503 votes to none on 13 October 2026. Two days later, Interior Ministry figures showed 111 women were killed by a partner or former partner in 2025, up 4% on the year before....
One in three national bodies set up to advance gender equality has lost institutional power in the past two years, a UN report finds. Legal reforms in 68 economies and upcoming UN reviews give governments and advocates routes to reverse the trend. Sima Bahous,...
The first International Day for the Elimination of Child, Early and Forced Marriage falls on 27 November 2026. Sierra Leone led the UN resolution creating it, and countries from Sierra Leone to Colombia have already banned marriage under 18. On 27 November 2026,...
UNICEF estimates that education, legal reform and social protection have averted 68 million child marriages over the past 25 years. Yet about 650 million women and girls alive today were married in childhood, and the agency marked the International Day of the Girl by...
