This gender data portal is a one-stop shop for gender information, catering to a wide range of users and providing data from a variety of sources. A good way to start is by choosing your country from the "Country/Region" drop-down box under "Explore Dashboards".
UN's basic statistics about violence against women; consider mining the bibliography (looking through the sources this article cites for more research).
This publication from the World Health Organization is a good starting point for researching violence against women. This page contains links to several other useful publications as well.
U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: Labor force, employment, and unemployment statistics for women. See also Families and marital status and Earnings by demographics.
This report summarizes the most recent available statistical data on the representation of women in media occupations associated with determining content of news, television and film entertainment, gender equity in literature review and more.