The First Stiletto

From The New York Times : The ancient Greeks depicted Aphrodite in elevator shoes. Centuries later, Venetian courtesans clopped around in to...

Where Is Lyudmila Putina?

From Mail Online : She will soon become Russia's First Lady for an unprecedented third time - but mystery is surrounding exactly who, an...

Treasures of Mary Queen of Scots

From The Scotsman : Rare treasures linked to Mary Queen of Scots are to be brought together for the first time for the biggest ever celebrat...

Cleopatra's Twins

From IBT - Art & Design : Giuseppina Capriotti, an Egyptologist at Italy's National Research Council, found the statues of the babie...

End To Foot Binding In China

From the Blaze : Believe it or not there are still some Chinese women alive who practiced the ancient, incredibly bizarre tradition of bindi...

Ancient Female Gladiator

From Live Science : A small bronze statue dating back nearly 2,000 years may be that of a female gladiator, a victorious one at that, sugges...

Indonesian Women Settle Madagascar

From the Jakarta Post : A new research report shows that 30 women of Indonesian descent settled in Madagascar about 1,200 years ago, raising...

Lambayeque Priestess Found

From the Latin American Herald Tribune : Researchers at the Chotuna-Chornancap archaeological digs near the Peruvian city of Chiclayo have f...

Jharkhand Women Still Witchcraft Victims

From the Daily Pioneer : In a shocking revelation, a report released by Jharkhand Human Rights Movement 2001-2011, says every three days a w...

Yeman: Women's Struggle Continues

From the Vancouver Sun : When Sara Ahmed joined a protest in November to demand the resignation of Yemen’s president, she and the other wome...

End Invasion Searches Of Female Prisoners

From Detriot Free Press : The American Civil Liberties Union said it plans today to urge the Michigan Department of Corrections to ban an in...

Book: Jewish Womens' Customs

From Haaret z: The clothes and the jewelry, like the covers of the prayer books and the inscriptions on the women's amulets, tell the st...

Émilie du Châtelet

From the Daily Maverick : Émilie du Châtelet could possibly be one of the greatest female intellectuals, mathematicians and thinkers in hist...

Movie: The Women

This movie - The Women - made in 1939 has to be one of my all time favourite films.  Its cast features women only - not man in sight - only...

Liberian Women Divided Over Nobel Prize

From the Liberian Daily Observer : Leaders of three of Liberia’s foremost women’s peace advocacy groups – the Liberia Women’s Initiative (LW...

Daughter of the Sultan

From Huffington Post: In Arabic pop culture, a Sultana is the object of desire in an old Egyptian folk song, "Bint el Sultan," whi...

Humewood House 100 Years Old

From Toronto News : For 100 years, Humewood House has been a refuge for vulnerable young unwed mothers, who have stood on its doorstep, suit...

The Woman Who Fell from the Sky

From the National : When Jennifer Steil took on the challenge of editing the Yemen Observer for a year, she was prepared for an adventure. B...

Feminist Sikh - Guru Nanak

From the Vancouver Sun : “Guru Nanak is to me a feminist,” says Sikh scholar Nikky-Guninder Kaur Singh. That’s why the Punjabi professor can...

Interview: Princess Basma Bint Saud Bin Abdulaziz

From BBC News : Princess Basma Bint Saud Bin Abdulaziz tells the BBC there are many changes she would like to see in Saudi Arabia - but that...

President Joyce Banda

From Malawi Today : History-making Joyce Banda , who rose to prominence in Malawi as a champion for women's rights and empowerment, yest...