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Philanthropist MacKenzie Scott has topped Forbes’ list this year, followed by Kamala Harris, Christine Langarde, Mary Barra, and Melinda Gates.

The sense of urgency mounting around this issue does not sweep aside the need for reasoned and rational policymaking, writes Madeline Gleeson.

Aung San Suu Kyi has been sentenced to two years in jail for inciting dissent and breaking Covid rules in Myanmar.

Germany will have more women in its cabinet than ever, with incoming Chancellor Olaf Scholz appointing 8 women and 8 men as ministers.

Outgoing German Chancellor Angela Merkel, has issued one last epic request to prove there will never be another leader like her.

Day two of British socialite Ghislaine Maxwell’s child sex-trafficking trial in New York, harrowing details from a female witness emerged. 

Magdalena Andersson has been reappointed as Sweden’s prime minister after she was forced to resign from the role last week within hours.

Magdalena Andersson became Sweden’s first female prime minister on Wednesday, but she resigned less than 12 hours into the job.

Barnaby Joyce has mocked COP26 president Alok Sharma for his heartfelt apology for the way the climate summit unfolded.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison might be a marketing supremo, but he can’t spin his way out of his government’s failures.

Australia’s First Nations women are the subjects of photographer David Prichard’s Taylor Wessing Prize portraits, which was awarded on Monday

Jo Dodds, President of Bushfire Survivors for Climate Action, is ensuring the voices of bushfire survivors are being heard at COP26.