Geneva, 18 June 2014 - An international campaign to end gender discrimination in nationality laws was launched today by a coalition of civil society groups, supported by UN Women and the UN refugee ...

MEXICO CITY (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A group of Mexican women migrants has filed a complaint accusing the U.S. government of violating a trade agreement by failing to enforce gender ...

The UN refugee agency welcomes the recent decision by the Suriname National Assembly to amend its 1975 Law on Nationality and Residence, which will allow mothers to pass on nationality to their ...

United Nations member States are formulating their positions on a proposed treaty to prevent and punish crimes against humanity, ahead of a January 2026 “preparatory committee” meeting that will lay ...

Japan has passed legislation and taken other measures to make society more equal. However, a recent survey by the Japanese Trade Union Confederation shows that discriminatory practices linger in ...

Over the past seven decades, international law has undergone a profound transformation in its treatment of women's rights and gender equality. A new academic paper examining this evolution concludes ...

Editor’s Note: This story, originally published in February 2025, is part of ‘Systems Error,’ a series by CNN’s As Equals, investigating how your gender shapes your life online. For information about ...

In a case that interrogates the scope of the federal Ending Forced Arbitration Act and the definition of sexual harassment under state laws, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit considered ...