According to the National Council of Women, the very first female judge in Egypt was appointed in 2003 in the Constitutional Court. Later, in 2007, 31 more female judges joined the judiciary in 2008 and 2015. However, what distinguishes the recent hiring of women judges by the State Council is that this body has mounted the stiffest resistance against women judges joining the judiciary over the last decades.

In a show of solidarity that even caught announcers off guard, players paused in the sixth minute of their games on Wednesday night to show solidarity for the former players who waited six years for their allegations of sexual harassment and coercion to be publicly heard.

Tokyo marks a "turning point" for the elite international sporting competition as the most gender-equal Olympics in the games' history, organizers said, with women accounting for nearly 49% of the 11,090 athletes. That's up from 45% at the last games in 2016 in Rio, 23% at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles, 13.2% at the 1964 Games in Tokyo, and 2.2% at the 1900 Games in Paris -- the first to have female athletes.

The Tokyo Olympics will expand its lineup of competitions to include skateboarding, surfing and indoor climbing. While these sports historically were largely represented in the U.S. by white and male superstars -- including skater Tony Hawk, surfer Kelly Slater and climber Alex Honnold -- the games this year have the potential to change that narrative going forward for millions of minority and female fans around the world.

"I want front pockets because I want to put my hands in them," 7-year-old Kamryn Gardner said. "Would you consider making girls jeans with front pockets that are not fake?"

"Equal Pay Day is not just a day for women to come together and share their ideas for the change we deserve. It is an opportunity for men and everybody else to step up and demonstrate their support. We need all men to advocate for women in the workplace, on the home front, in politics, everywhere."

When white models and influencers decided thick eyebrows were in, South Asian women struggled to recover the natural features they had been shamed into thinning. Now, they’re undoing the internalized shame they've felt about their body hair for years.

Once married, women give up the right to leave the country and pursue education.

"It's been a real privilege to get this opportunity because I know a lot of women never thought this was possible, including myself. Over the last 10 years we have worked really hard so that when these opportunities come up we are ready to go."

he statue's artists, Gillie and Marc, installed 10 statues of notable women in New York City last year, increasing the city's representation of women in public sculpture from 3% to 10%.

"She founded 67 schools, hospitals and orphanages. She served the poor and the immigrants. She had boundless energy and unlimited capacity and she was a model for female empowerment before the expression was ever used - doing all of this in the late 1800s and early 1900s."