International Women’s Day 2024 around the world – in pictures
A roundup of rallies to celebrate women’s social, cultural and political achievements and protests against gender-based violence and inequality
It’s 10 years since Gamergate – the industry must now stand up to far-right trolls
Keza MacDonald
Conspiracy theorists are still routinely targeting and abusing women and ‘woke’ game consultants. With a small studio currently under fire, the games industry’s silence is deafening
Macron says battle for abortion rights is not over as France updates constitution
The Women’s prize for fiction is a success – now it has a nonfiction sister
Kate Mosse
I’ve travelled the world researching patriarchy – and found it is far from inevitable
Australian women are chalking up some wins in the workplace – yet our male leaders remain out of touch
Emma Dawson
The joy and freedom of a solo holiday as an older woman
We must address the shocking gender gap at global financial institutions
Empowering female cotton farmers could boost climate resilience
Prison is no place for vulnerable young women
This International Women’s Day let’s hear it for the boys!
January 2024
Somalia to launch its first current affairs TV show led by women
New show will follow Question Time format answering audience questions on taboo subjects from periods to women in politics
March 2023
Behind the fanfare of James Cleverly’s visit to Sierra Leone, the need to restore aid is starkly apparent
The foreign secretary received a warm welcome in the country of his mother’s birth but critics say the slashing of aid budgets undermines the message of support for women and girls
Twenty photographs of the week
The week around the world in 20 pictures
The battle for Bakhmut, protests in Georgia, violence in the West Bank and International Women’s Day – the most striking images this week
Jess Phillips reads out names of women killed in UK in the last year – video
The Guardian picture essay
UK cost of living champions: women battling the crisis
Sunak pledges to ‘build on legacy’ of Lionesses after schools commitment