While sexual images are everywhere, Japanese classrooms still regard sex as an issue of biological reproduction Sexualized imagery featuring female bodies saturates Japan's public spaces -- from magazine covers in convenience stores to billboards on city streets -- and has become widely normalized.

Today, there are nearly 3. 5million women living on this planet. Globally, 48% of the adult female population is part of the labour force.

A coalition of federal workers has launched a fresh legal challenge against the Trump administration. They argued that a new health insurance policy set to take effect Thursday unlawfully strips coverage for gender-affirming care.