How your period is making other people rich – video
Women have been tracking their cycles since periods were a thing. But these days, menstrual cycles have become big business, and there are lots of ways to make money from them
A year ago anti-FGM campaigner Leyla Hussein wrote to her teenage daughter about her hopes for her generation in 2016. She had no idea what was to follow
Abortion in Pakistan: struggling to support a woman's right to choose
Lack of legal clarity forces thousands of women to endure backstreet abortions in Pakistan. A helpline is providing information and support, but fears losing funding after Trump reinstated the global gag rule
My body is not a source of shame. I have nothing to regret about this video
Ghadeer Ahmed in Cairo
In Egypt, videos of women dancing and having sex have been published on social media by their ex boyfriends. Now they are speaking out to challenge a society that judges female sexuality
When I first started my period my mother said I had become untouchable
Pragya Lamsal in Kathmandu
In Nepal, menstruation is associated with stigmatising traditions and restrictions for women. I’m calling for an end to the – sometimes deadly – suffering
The elders fighting FGM in Kenya: 'It robs women of their dignity' – in pictures
The Njuri-Ncheke elders of the Ameru community in Kenya are responsible for passing on knowledge across generations. Here they explain why they are joining the fight against FGM
Having a period is unaffordable in Kenya, yet no one wants to talk about it
ZanaAfrica is fighting to get menstruation on the national curriculum as it’s revealed two thirds of Kenyan women and girls cannot afford sanitary pads
Dubai’s teen eco-warrior: ‘It was preordained that I'd take care of mother earth’
Kehkashan Basu’s activism began when she planted a seed in her parents’ garden. Thousands of trees later, she has inspired young people and won a peace prize
Three surprising ways to challenge violence against women
Stéphanie Thomson
Indonesian men in mini skirts, truck drivers against trafficking and heterosexual women in Kenya marrying each other – what will it take to end the violence?
How Latin American women are cracking the code to the tech sector
Lauded by Barack Obama and Mark Zuckerberg, Mariana Costa is making the tech sector accessible for young women from deprived backgrounds in Peru, Mexico and Chile
