Women in the News

The Queen and The Duke will tour the state-of-the-art Library and meet with staff, students and sponsors, including David Wilson, the primary benefactor.

Women astronauts are too obsessed with making sure that their lipstick and mascara are just right, in case their images are beamed back to Earth, to concentrate fully on the delicate maneuvers required on a space mission.

Participating countries include Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mozambique, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Sixty women have received fellowships for 2008-2010.

A 21 year old Nepali, Kritika Singh, died in a car accident while driving on Interstate 66 West in Virginia, last night. Apparently, the young woman was not wearing a seat belt and she was ejected from the vehicle...

Are you looking for the perfect holiday gift for the man in your life, you know Dad, your brother, boyfriend, your boss? Are you tired of getting him that cliché gift that he already has?

Tursun's case prompted calls to the Chinese authorities from two members of the U.S. Congress and from the U.S. ambassador in Beijing for a planned abortion of her pregnancy to be scrapped.

In Marawi City, images of women dressed in figure hugging outfits are spray-painted and teenaged girls are forced into early marriage.

Specks of blue and yellow plastic form the landscape of Purnia in Bihar, a state that has witnessed one of the worst floods in recent history.