Happy International Women's Day!

Until the late 1960s, abortion was illegal in Australia. With limited access to contraception, many women, like my great-grandmother, unlawfully attempted to terminate unwanted pregnancies.

Meet the women in Australia's history who led the fight for better wages and conditions, writing letters, leading protests and strikes, taking on male-dominated jobs and challenging our governments and employers to do better.

When Miranda Jakich was 14, her father left her alone in a Russian hospital to have experimental surgery. What she experienced was so traumatic it shaped the rest of her life.

In the world's largest democracy, India, there's been a huge shift in who is going to the ballot box. ABC's Avani Dias examines this turning point in the country, the leaps and strides women have made, and the barriers still present today.

A new novel by bestselling US author Kristin Hannah remembers the forgotten nurses of the Vietnam War, whose service went unrecognised for decades.

It's taken Dassi Erlich a long time to stop blaming herself for the sexual abuse perpetrated by her former school principal, Malka Leifer. But the support of her family has helped her find strength.

Thirty years ago, governments worldwide signed up to a revolutionary plan to improve women's rights and ensure all women are given equal treatment in civil, economic and political life. So, how have we fared?

The recent report released by the Workplace Gender Equality Agency shows a gender pay gap across every sector in Australia. But what's behind that yawning gap?

Tom desperately wants to be a dad and Alex wants to be with Tom, so they come to a compromise: They'll have one child together. But the family Alex ends up with is very different from the one she expects.

Our favourite new reads include the much-anticipated second offering from US novelist Kiley Reid, the final instalment of a sleeper hit series set in Canada's Métis community and a bold work of First Nations speculative fiction.

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