Human Rights Defenders (HRDs) under scrutiny by the state
With the upsurge in the criminalization of civil society, the UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights Defenders' 2012 report discusses how States use legislation to regulate the activities of human rights defenders (HRDs).
Outrage over Delhi gang-rape: Maintaining the momentum
The gang-rape of a woman on a bus in India's capital has outraged the entire nation
Nairobi 'in crisis' as women beaten, raped and killed with impunity - report
Violence blamed on poverty, stress of living in overcrowded slums, along with rigid gender stereotypes and drunkenness