Women's quarters

thumb|upright=1.2|Ladies of Caubul|Kabul (1848 lithograph, by James Rattray) showing unveiling in [[zenana areas.]]

thumb|200px|right|A Rococo Revival|neo-rococo decor boudoir in [[Nieborów Palace, Poland.]]

thumb|300px|Family scene in a gynaeceum – painted on a lèbes gamikòs about 430 BC In Ancient Greece, the gynaeceum (, gynaikeion, from Ancient Greek , gynaikeia: "part of the house reserved for the women"; literally "of or belonging to women, feminine") or the gynaeconitis (, gynaikōnitis: "women's apartments in a house") was a building or the portion of a house reserved for women, generally the innermost apartment. In other words, a women's quarters, similar to the South Asian antahpura and Islamic South Asian zenana. The gynaeceum is the counterpart to the andrōn, or male quarters.

thumb|Ladies of the zenana on a roof terrace by Ruknuddin. Bikaner, 1675

thumb|Ukiyo-e depiction of the by Hashimoto Chikanobu

Kungnyŏ () is a Korean term referring to women waiting on the king and other royalty in traditional Korean society. It is short for "gungjung yeogwan", which translates as "a lady officer of the royal court". Kungnyŏ includes sanggung (palace matron) and nain (assistant court ladies), both of which hold rank as officers. The term is also used more broadly to encompass women in a lower class without a rank such as musuri (lowest maids in charge of odd chores), gaksimi, sonnim, uinyeo (female physicians) as well as nain and sanggung. The term spans those from courtiers to domestic workers.

is the section of a Japanese Imperial Palace called the where the Imperial Family and court ladies lived.