Chinese Proverb of the Day highlights the meaning of “Women hold up half the sky.” The saying emphasizes the essential role women play in s...

The Russian draft was supported by Russia, China, Vietnam, Indonesia and South Africa. The countries that abstained were the United States,...

China, a permanent member of the UN Security Council, got only 27 votes and could not even cross the half-way mark and also failed to get t...

On the country’s two largest job websites -- Liepin and Zhaopin -- thousands of ads for internet companies use language that suggests bias ...

The economic opportunity gap -- based on participation, pay and advancement in the workforce -- remains the area that’ll take the longest t...

In contrast, in China, women contribute 41% to the overall GDP and comprise 44% of the workforce and in Singapore, these are 39% and 45%, r...

The global backsliding reflects a general slowing of progress in the world’s larger economies.

As the country’s first full-time woman “Raksha Mantri” in the overwhelmingly male-dominated environs of the armed forces, all eyes will als...

The world of work is changing, and with significant implications for women.

In 12 out of 18 Asia Pacific markets, women outnumber men in university education gross enrollment rate, however, educational attainment is...

Citing China's arrest of five feminists in March for campaigning against sexual harassment, Clinton called Xi's presence at the summit "sha...

One in 3 women worldwide has experienced physical or sexual violence -mostly by an intimate partner. Also, in most of the 83 countries eval...

India’s poor performance was largely on account of deterioration in economic participation and opportunity, as well as educational attainme...

China has dismissed reports that the country's new leadership may ease up on the one-child policy, saying that it would continue adhering t...

"The abuse of women in India is shocking," Global Times said in a commentary, citing "572 rapes were recorded in New Delhi in 2011."

As many as 320 million people in India and China are expected to come out of extreme poverty in the next four years.

In the overall ranking, the country has slipped from 98th rank in 2006 when the index included a total of 115 countries. No longer a gender...