Kashmir's Muslim clerics to focus on women's rights during holy month
Move is prompted by the recent suicide of a girl who police say was repeatedly raped by her father
California man admits trafficking underage girls on Backpage.com
Ariel Guizar-Cuellar transported the girls to hotels and motels, gave them drugs and told them to lie about their ages
INVESTIGATION-Missing wombs: the health scandal enslaving families in rural India
The cost of hysterectomies - often prescribed for treating minor ailments - is leaving families destitute and trapping them in debt bondage
New York prosecutors allege sex cult leader was 'predator'
Raniere, 58 and then exercising total dominion over them - forcing them to have sex with him, restricting their diets and branding them with his initials
UK minister pledges to act on sex abuse in charities as donor numbers fall
Charities have come under intense scrutiny since it emerged that Oxfam staff used prostitutes in during a relief mission in Haiti, sparking a scandal that widened to other aid organisations
Georgia governor signs heartbeat abortion ban, joining a U.S. movement
Anti-abortion advocates have introduced measures in 15 states to ban the procedure as early as six weeks into a pregnancy, before a woman may be aware she is pregnant
Accused New York sex cult founder targeted victims as young as 15 - prosecutor
Raniere is accused of recruiting women to join his group and then exercising total control over them - forcing them to have sex with him, restricting their diets and branding them with his initials
Runaway Saudi sisters leave Georgia to start new life
Maha, 28, and Wafa al-Subaie, 25, started an online campaign to find a safe haven in April, after arriving in Georgia to escape relatives they said abused them
Georgia governor signs heartbeat abortion ban, joining a U.S. movement
Kentucky, Mississippi and Ohio have passed heartbeat laws recently, and Iowa passed one last year
Resurgent 'family values' cause nations to break women's rights vows - U.N. official
U.N. Women is collecting information from nations around the world to publish next year on the 25th anniversary of a historic women's rights declaration signed in Beijing