Child marriage on rise among Syrian refugees - aid groups
Parents feel forced to offer their girls for marriage as they struggle to pay for rent and food
G8 ministers fail to agree on Syria; condemn North Korea
In their statement, the ministers "called for greater humanitarian assistance and for improved and safe access to the Syrian people by humanitarian agencies in co-ordination with all parties to the conflict"
G8 ministers fail to agree on Syria; no plan on N.Korea
In their statement, the ministers "called for greater humanitarian assistance and for improved and safe access to the Syrian people by humanitarian agencies in co-ordination with all parties to the conflict"
G8 reaches "historic" agreement to end rape as weapon of war
From Bosnia to DR Congo, rape has been used against hundreds of thousands of women and girls, inflicting unimaginable suffering, destroying families and fuelling conflict - UK foreign minister
India opens fast-track courts after Delhi gang rape--report
India, whose slow, under-staffed courts have a backlog of millions of cases, plans to open hundreds of fast-track courts to handle violent crimes and those against women, children and the elderly