Fashion is fleeting, they say. And judging from some of the creations that were sent down the runway this year (and caused a storm on social media), some of us may be glad not to see any of these trends endure.

She is a five-time world champion, mother of three and member of parliament, but Indian boxer Mary Kom (34) believes that there is plenty more glory in the ring to come.

2017 to me has been a watershed moment for womanhood. Bookended by the Women’s March in January, and the snowballing #metoo movement that began in October (and which continues to unmask sexual predators across almost every field of work), women have shown their refusal to back down for simply being, themselves. – By Brenda Haas (Ed.: Marjory Linardy)

An undated handout picture released by the Frida Kahlo exhibition press office on 18 March 2014 shows a photograph ‘Frida with a blue dress’ 1939 by Hungarian-born US photographer Nickolas Muray.

I never used to be a big fan of Salma Hayek – not until she played in “Frida” the biopic of the Mexican surrealist painter and feminist icon Frida Kahlo, released in 2002.

In Manipur, India, there is a market run by and for women called the Ima Keithel. It is over 100 years old and is one seldom area of society where women call the shots.

The plight of the Rohingya Muslims forced to flee the atrocities committed by militants and the army in Myanmar is hard to stomach. The most vulnerable are children, as John Owens’ photo series shows.

Chinese women are becoming increasingly successful in the business world, but still do not have equal rights. However, their growing economic power will change their role in society, says DW’s Frank Sieren.