India's Gandhi rebuked for 'misogynistic' remarks against defence minister
#BeAMan was one of the most trending hashtags on Twitter and some women posted pictures holding placards saying "real men don't insult women"
Nepali woman and children die in 'menstrual hut'
The ancient tradition was outlawed in 2005, yet it remains prevalent in Nepal's remote west
Meghan takes royal roles at U.K. charities for women and animals
Known as the Duchess of Sussex, Meghan will become the patron of Smart Works, a charity helping long-term unemployed women
S.Korea 'spycam' porn site founder's jail term criticised as too lenient
Tens of thousands of women took to the streets of Seoul last year to protest against the spy camera porn phenomenon
Australia says no timeframe to decide case of Saudi teen asylum seeker
The U.N. refugee agency has referred Qunun to Australia for consideration for refugee resettlement
U.S. judge dismisses Ashley Judd's sex harassment claim against Weinstein
Judd had accused Weinstein of defaming her in 1998 after she refused what she said were his sexual advances a year earlier
Kyrgyzstan's kidnapped brides use fashion and flags to end marriage taboo
'I felt as if I was an animal'
Gems in teeth hailed as proof that women more widely involved in medieval texts
"We have this view there was only a handful of extraordinary women in the past that seemed to be different from everyone else but I think that more were involved than we give credit for."
Britain stops charging forced marriage victims for rescue after outcry
Women's rights campaigners reacted angrily to revelations that the government was charging adult victims for emergency repatriation
The power of protest, Saudi-style: From teen asylum seeker to skirts and wheels
Saudi women have taken to the internet to protest against a host of restrictions on their lives in the conservative kingdom