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New Zealand has moved up one place in the latest global gender gap index compiled by the World Economic Forum.

There were about 2000 more requests for help for children with special needs last year, but satisfaction with the service fell, the Ministry of Education annual report shows.

Britain is to pardon thousands of gay and bisexual men who were convicted of crimes under sexual offence laws that have since been abolished.

Women across Argentina have walked out of their workplaces for one hour to protest gender-related violence after the brutal rape and murder of a teenage girl.

Too many jobs are going to migrant workers instead of young, struggling New Zealanders, the Salvation Army says.

There could be thousands of immigrants being abused at work but the government is unwilling to pay to root out modern-day slave-traders, an immigration adviser says.

Companies that take steps to address gender inequality do better than those that don't, the head of the New Zealand branch of a global recruitment firm says.

Higher rents are on the way for some tenants of Christchurch's new social housing provider after the council handed over 2300 properties.

A civic service will be held in Wellington to celebrate the life of union leader Helen Kelly, who died yesterday of lung cancer.

Extra funding being introduced to help vulnerable children in schools will not even scratch the surface of their needs, a Northland principal says.

Opinion - Police Minister Judith Collins says child poverty has nothing to do with crime, but Michael O'Brien says the evidence doesn't support her. Audio

A counsellor who has worked with troubled Northland families for more than 40 years says poor parenting is a natural by-product of inter-generational poverty.

New Zealand has come 16th in a new international index ranking opportunities for girls, and equality advocates say the country can do better.

Many of the problems blamed on child poverty can be blamed on parents, Police Minister Judith Collins says. Audio