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A UN General Assembly committee has agreed a landmark first resolution on women's rights defenders such as Malala Yousafzai, despite a hard fought campaign by an alliance including the Vatican to weaken the measure.

• 28 ноября 2013, 15:34

US Secretary of State John Kerry Friday joined forces with his predecessor Hillary Clinton to urge that hard-won gains for Afghan women since the fall of the Taliban be protected.

• 16 ноября 2013, 12:40

Turkish parliament has lifted a ban on women lawmakers wearing trousers in the assembly, shortly after a major government reform allowed them to don Islamic headscarves.

• 15 ноября 2013, 13:43

The first meeting of the Women Energy Club was held as part of the 8th KAZENERGY Eurasian Forum.

• 29 октября 2013, 15:53

Saudi Arabia was braced for possible protests Saturday after women activists declared an "open driving campaign" against the deeply conservative kingdom's ban on women behind the wheel.

• 27 октября 2013, 13:42

18% of women of reproductive age in Kazakhstan are infertile mostly because of inflammatory conditions, endocrine factors or tumors.

• 25 октября 2013, 12:10

Kazakhstan's top ranking women's hockey club Aisulu has gained flattened its rival team in the 1st round of the European Champions Cup.

• 21 октября 2013, 17:47

Janet Yellen, nominated by President Barack Obama to run the Federal Reserve, will be the first woman to hold what Obama has called one of the world's top policy-making jobs.

• 10 октября 2013, 17:53

Kazakhstan women national volleyball team has won a pass to the World Championship to be held in 2014 in Italy.

• 02 октября 2013, 19:02

Australia's first female premier Julia Gillard has described her "murderous rage" at her sexist treatment but said she would do it all again in her first public appearance since being dumped.

• 01 октября 2013, 16:45

A woman is for the first time bidding for the presidency in Tajikistan after an opposition bloc including an Islamic party chose a respected female rights lawyer as its candidate in the majority Muslim country.

• 27 сентября 2013, 15:00

Kazakhstan wrestler Olga Shlizhevskaya has won the World Armwrestling Championship in Poland.

• 26 сентября 2013, 15:29

Full-figured women had their day on the catwalks of New York on Friday when hometown designer Eden Miller unveiled her plus-size collection -- a fashion week first.

• 07 сентября 2013, 14:16

The European Central Bank, under fire for being largely a men's club, plans to double the number of women in its top ranks.

• 30 августа 2013, 12:06

Young women who drink alcohol every day may be raising significantly their risk of breast cancer.

• 29 августа 2013, 16:57

Judges on TV talent shows always attract controversy for making or breaking the careers of desperate wannabes -- but for Aryana Sayeed, the job is also a fight for Afghanistan's future.

• 17 августа 2013, 12:28

Children born from obese women were 35 percent more likely to die prematurely in adulthood, according to a study Wednesday that warned of a growing epidemic.

• 14 августа 2013, 18:04

Women in poverty-stricken Papua New Guinea suffer "severe brutality" with violence, including savage attacks involving knives, axes and whips, occurring in two-thirds of all families.

• 13 августа 2013, 14:22

In the damp basement room of a Caribbean restaurant in London, Naima leads prayers for an audience of male and female worshippers.

• 09 августа 2013, 14:19

Postmenopausal women who take certain blood pressure medications for 10 years or more face twice the risk of developing breast cancer..

• 06 августа 2013, 18:22