Indonesia postpones vote on bill criminalising sex outside marriage
Hundreds of students staged protests outside parliament on Thursday against the proposed changes to the criminal code
Former minister from India's ruling party arrested over alleged rape
The alleged victim accused Chinmayanand, 72, of raping and physically exploiting her, in a Facebook video released on August 22
Abortion front and center as new U.S. Supreme Court term nears
Anti-abortion advocates are hoping the court will chip away at the 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling that legalized abortion nationwide and recognized a woman's constitutional right to the procedure
'The revolution isn't over' say Sudan's frontline female protesters
Women only hold two of the six civilian positions in Sudan's 11-member Sovereign Council, which will run the country for three years until elections take place
Sierra Leone toughens penalties for sexual violence
The new legislation sets a 15-year minimum sentence for rape, whereas 15 years was previously the maximum sentence for sex crimes
Unsafe sex: Argentina crisis deflates condom sales as costs rise
Amid a biting recession, a sharp currency devaluation and painful inflation, sales of condoms and birth control pills have tumbled
FIFA tells Iran it is time to allow women into stadiums
While foreign women have been allowed limited access to matches, Iranian women have been banned from stadiums when men's teams have been playing, since just after the 1979 Islamic revolution
Among babies and pregnant mothers, a death every 11 seconds, says UN
Levels of maternal deaths are nearly 50 times higher for women in sub-Saharan Africa than in wealthy countries, and their babies are 10 times more likely to die in their first month of life
Bangladesh rural families shoulder costs of coping with climate change
Analysis of spending to protect households against climate disasters and clean up afterwards, from global to local levels, shows poor citizens are paying the most
World leaders to take stock of 'faltering' global goals
The high-level summit in New York next week will be the first to focus on the sustainable development goals since they were adopted by the United Nations four years ago