Colombia wants more convictions for violence against women
With 637 women killed in Colombia so far this year, lawmakers debate new bill to make femicide a specific crime
Don't expect too much from leaders at climate summit, experts warn
World leaders attending UN summit on Tuesday are unlikely to offer new action on climate change that is ambitious enough
With 'even the fish confused', Solomons seek new weather data
Automatic weather station should help build resilience in climate-threatened Pacific archipelago, backers say
Angelina Jolie surgery sparks surge in female cancer tests-study
Actress Angelina Jolie announced her double mastectomy in May last year after she tested positive for a mutation of the BRCA1 gene that significantly increases the risk of breast cancer
India gets its first transgender TV news anchor - newspaper
India was last nation in subcontinent to give transgender people legal status and help end discrimination and abuse
Stateless in New York: A woman's life as a "legal ghost"
A look at life for a woman without a country
Women's groups slam 'discriminatory' UK advice on sharia wills
Law Society guidance upholds sharia right of males to receive twice the inheritance than that of female heirs.
Photographer finds young Rwandans building a nation of peace
"Unless we are united, we will fall back into war," young Rwandans tell award-winning photographer
Food versus fuel in U.S. renewable energy showdown
Oil firms want to scrap rules forcing them to mix biofuel with petrol, farmers want to raise the biofuel quota