Signed exactly 76 years ago today, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights is the world's most translated document. But few know that among the many social and political freedoms defined by the declaration is a human right to science.
People around the globe are so dependent on the internet to exercise socio-economic human rights such as education, healthcare, work, and housing that online access must now be considered a basic human right, a new study reveals.
The gender pay gap persists, women are most likely to live in poverty and sexual violence remains rampant. But here are 13 famous men who stood up for women in 2018.
More than 200 physicists and at least 850 academics from other fields have denounced the sexist talk given last week by Italian physicist Alessandro Strumia at a workshop on women in high energy physics held at CERN.
The Indian court repealed a 150-year-old law that was instated during British colonial rule which made consensual sexual activity that went “against the law of nature” punishable by up to a lifetime in prison.
In a historic decision, the World Health Organization (WHO) has decided to no longer classify transgender people as mentally ill. The declassification should lead to less stigma.
Approximately 239,000 Indian girls under the age of 5 die every year due to neglect. The preference for boys in India encourages prioritizing food, educational opportunities, and medical attention for boys over girls.
Smartphones, laptops, and electric car batteries rely on cobalt, most of which comes from Congolese mines that employ children.
Marvia Malik is breaking ground as her country rallies to combat discrimination.
Brisa de Angulo: At age 17, I started the only program in the entire country of Bolivia for children who have been sexually abused.
While some African regions have outlawed child marriage over the course of the last decade, the practice is still prevalent in certain communities.
Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, bombed-out buildings in Syria and an anti-Trump march in New York are among the images captured by the agency photographers shortlisted by the Guardian picture desk this year.
Movie theaters will reopen in Saudi Arabia next year, - the move is the latest part of a broader reform effort by the ultraconservative country.
Average consultation length varies widely, from 48 seconds in Bangladesh, to 22.5 minutes in Sweden. In 15 countries, which represent around half of the world's population, the appointment lasted less than 5 minutes.
African Leaders have pledged to end the practice by 2030.
