S.African minister calls for toughest sentence for rape accused
"We expect the toughest and the harshest sentence that can act as a deterrent to other criminals that abuse and kill our women and children" - Minister of Women
A Year in Review: Women's Rights in 2012
Throughout 2012, structural and institutional forces such as politics, religion, culture and inequality continued to impact women's rights
Malian women raped, stoned, lashed and forced to marry amid intense fighting
Tuareg rebels are main aggressors but Islamists also responsible for atrocities against women, witnesses say
UN Starts with Gender Equality Focus Preparing for its 2014 DCF and Post 2015
Almost twenty years after the 1993 Vienna World Conference on Human Rights, the Vienna Policy Dialogue entitled "Advancing gender equality and the empowerment of women: the role of development cooperation", took place in Vienna, Austria from 13 to14 December 2012[1].
Pakistani girl shot by Taliban discharged from UK hospital
Malala Yousufzai, 15, was shot by the Taliban for advocating girls' education in her native Pakistan