In a bid to boost sales for Valentine's Day, American Apparel’s NYC SoHo branch adorned its mannequins with faux pubic hair, unmissable behind sheer panties. The message: au naturel is best. But is it anything more than a PR stunt?

“You can still like fashion and be a feminist,” says Mother's Katie Mackay. But with enduring stereotypes, the 'taboo' topic has often been avoided by women's magazines – until now. Can a new campaign by fashion magazine Elle 'rebrand' feminism?

In Pennsylvania, there's a store named 76<100, where women are charged 76% of the price men pay for any item. It might sound unfair, but as far as the shop's concerned, so is the wage gap. In a state where women earn 76 cents for every dollar men make, this store is intending to raise awareness.

The global gender gap is narrowing, according to the Global Gender Gap Report 2014, with 105 countries in the world becoming more equal and providing a better place for women to live. But surprisingly, in the United Kingdom the opposite is true.