Impact
The law, which was first introduced in 1998 and finally passed after nearly 30 years on Sep. 19, will also ban gender-based discrimination, including verbal abuse, as well as stereotyping, discriminating or disqualifying candidates based on their gender.
Climate
Since June, floods have swept across countries in West and Central Africa, including Nigeria, Chad, Niger, Mali and Liberia.
world
Ngā Wai Hono i te Pō, 27, has been crowned New Zealand’s new Māori Queen after her father, King Tuheitia, died in hospital after heart surgery.
Women
Afghan women are sharing videos of them singing to protest against new Taliban laws that bans women’s voices in public.