Your weekly dose of women’s news. Here are some women’s themes that made it to the headlines.

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Women in Egypt are clamoring for more rights. Pakistan prepares to advertize for more contraception to decrease birth rates. Read more for the women’s news that made it to the headlines.

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Nigeria’s anti-western Islamist organization Boko Haram strikes again in the country’s northeast, kidnapping 20 women.

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Cannes is one of the world’s most important film festivals, but there’s much more to the spectacle than movie stars and the red carpet. DW compiled a list of fast facts and trivia about this celebration of cinema.

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The Islamist militia Boko Haram has been launching attacks throughout the country, and the government and military have not been able to stop them so far. Read more on women’s news that have made it to the headlines.

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Political parties in India, even those vociferously supporting reservation for women in parliament, have failed to put up, on average, even one woman for every 10 males contesting India’s 543 seats in the Lok Sabha, the lower house of parliament.

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…”There is a particular crisis for women—a vast confidence gap that separates the sexes. Compared with men, women don’t consider themselves as ready for promotions, they predict they’ll do worse on tests, and they generally underestimate their abilities.

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