Global progress on women's rights is "won over decades (is) vanishing before our eyes" said United Nations chief Antonio Guterres on Monday. He warned that gender equality remains a distant goal.

'Patriarchy is fighting back...so are we': Gender equality is still 300 years away, says UN

On Thursday (October 27), the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) have made a massive announcement. The board's Secretary Jay Shah took to his official Twitter account to reveal that the women cricketers will now also be paid the same match fees, as their male counterparts as Indian cricket steps into a "new era of gender equality in Indian cricket".

'A new era of gender equality': BCCI to give equal match fees to women cricketers as male counterparts

Negotiators in the European Union agreed late on Tuesday (June 7) for the bloc’s first ever women quota in corporate boards, aiming to enhance gender equality in the 450 million strong bloc, the lawmakers said, reported by Reuters.

European Union agrees for 40% women quotas on corporate boards to enhance gender equality

Japan has plans to bring the pay disparity between men and women to light. In order to address gender disparities in the workplace, the country intends to make it necessary for large corporations to reveal wage disparities between men and women.

'New capitalism': Japan sets its sight on gender pay disparity

To maintain gender balance, Snapchat's parent company, Snap Inc, has announced that the company will be hiring more women this year. This announcement has come in specifically for the tech teams.

Snap to hire more women and minorities in tech teams

Only six countries currently give the same legal rights as men to women in the world, a World Bank report has found. The report titled "Women, business and the law" revealed the world is moving to equal legal rights to both gender, however, the development is taking place at such a slow pace that so far only six countries have equal gender rights.

Only 6 countries in world give women equal legal work rights as men: World Bank report