An aspiring transgender model has vowed to take to the catwalk tomorrow night despite a row over whether she was eligible to enter a beauty contest.

The woman in charge of equal employment opportunities is set to "crack the whip" on government departments for failing to close the gender pay gap.

It's all part of Tony Abbott's vision of a new Liberal dawn. The Oz PM's conservative Government intends to dilute racial vilification laws to enshrine the right of Australians to be bigots.

A vintage relationship guide aimed at women reveals the outrageous sexism practiced by men during the Forties.

Australia's federal Attorney-General George Brandis is serious when he says on his watch, "people do have a right to be bigots".

Serving world leaders their lunch is a serious affair. No room for "blondes" or women in dresses then, it appears.

It's unlikely many of us lost much sleep at the thought of Fred Phelps slipping away, writes Jack Tame.

What I want to think about is how grateful I am to the refugees who come and settled in NZ and how angry I am at the disregard with which we treat them, writes Dr Avril Bell.

The campaign to promote self-esteem in young girls was started by Facebook chief operating officer Sheryl Sandberg.

Minutes before Mojo Mathers was due to give a speech last week, she began to worry.

The law is not always an ass but it can produce an absurdity. The decision to allow a failed job seeker access to his competitors' CVs is one of them.

Google have changed their predictive search function to remove derogatory terms associated with Maori.

Type 'Kiwi' or 'Maori' into Google's predictive search and some less than flattering suggestions come up, prompting a call for the internet giant to disable the feature.

A 62-year-old job seeker who is accusing an energy firm of age discrimination has won a legal battle to view the CVs of the people who beat him to the job.

A branch of one of Auckland's largest Indian restaurant chains has been seeking part-time wait staff - but said only "girls" could apply.

The southwestern state of Arizona has passed a law allowing businesses to refuse to serve gay people if homosexuality is against their religious beliefs.

Eight complaints have been lodged with the Human Rights Commission after a Wellington DJ suggested some Indian night-clubbers were "rapists" with bad dress sense.

Once upon a time, I was among the many women who bristled at the idea that there needed to be a certain number of women in politics, on management boards, or anywhere else, writes Dita De Boni.

Rod Emmerson's take on Vladimir Putin's law change.

A former top gay rugby player says life inside NZ's NPC environment was "suffocating and emotionally draining" and a gay All Black represents an important "last hurdle" for the sport.

'I lead this double life because I still have to make a living.' Five women tell the Herald about their lives and challenges they face being Muslim in NZ.

A new apartment complex is being designed exclusively for baby boomers who will be guaranteed no "random tenants to disrupt your busy life".

An Italian MP has “blacked up” to deliver a staggering anti-immigration rant in the country’s parliament.

Partygoers are being urged to boycott a nightclub whose owner made racist remarks suggesting his Indian patrons were predatory rapists.

Labour's target of selecting candidates to ensure women make up at least half of its caucus by 2017 has been given the thumbs down in the latest Herald-DigiPoll.