All news on the topic: Feminism

Gloria Steinem, who became a face of the women’s liberation movement in the US, has died, aged 92.

Valie Export, the Austrian performance artist and filmmaker who inverted the male gaze in ways that were provocative, shocking, and often outrageously fun, has died aged 85.

When the UK went into lockdown in March 2020, 19-year-old Calum was, by his own admission, a “weird kid” with few friends.

Meghan Markle chose a simple but stylish outfit while taking part in the opening day keynote event at the SXSW Festival in Austin, Texas, during which she gave a passionate speech

The Women’s Institute, famously portrayed in the 2003 hit movie Calendar Girls, has boosted its membership hugely in recent years with a range of unorthodox techniques

With over $1 million donated to the cause, Angelina Jolie has proven to be an ally for young Afghan voices and TikToker Zahra has nothing but praise to offer

Georgia Croud, now 26, recalls the day five years ago when her life was irrevocably altered by "intense and sustained" body shaming after she posted what she thought was a harmless snap

A report from a cross-party group has identified recommendations from previous studies which have still not been implemented - hampering attempts to boost diversity, it says

A pro surfing fitness influencer posted a video about gendered weights at the gym which garnered 25k views and a plethora of comments from men arguing that it was standard - but she says they're missing the point

The Catalan government rolled out an equality law in 2020 which enshrined a woman's right to sunbathe topless in public - and now any local authority found to be breaching the statute can be fined £430,000

Lisa Pontius, 35, from Charleston, South Carolina, US, is the "home maker" of the house she shares with her husband and believes people should stop belittling her domestic work

A woman has sparked a fierce debate after highlighting that a woman's marital status shouldn't be so obvious through her title, saying it felt "outdated" to be judged in that way

In a country where women earn almost 15% less than men on average, there appears to be a long way to go still when it comes to the fight for economic gender equality - on International Women's Day use our interactive map to find out the pay gap for women in your local area

Maybe it was a mistake for women to turn up our noses at "girlboss" feminism just as a wave of misogyny threatens to wipe clean the slate of 50 years' worth of achievements, writes Sophie Bateman