Sexual violence in conflict: Nobel awards must be backed by action
Governments have failed on pledges to tackle sexual violence in conflict. This year's Nobel prizes must change that.
Freed from jail, Cambodian surrogate mothers raise Chinese children
Campaigners say Cambodia's surrogacy crackdown is unlikely to end the trade as many women will continue to risk arrest for the chance to earn life-changing sums of money
Lawyers on wheels: 'solidarity bus' represents Kyrgyzstan's landless women
Land, a scarce and highly-prized resource in this former communist country, is of huge social value, with disputes over it particularly affecting women
Nobel Peace prize winners seek justice for war rape victims
Denis Mukwege, a doctor who helps victims of sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Nadia Murad, a Yazidi rights activist and survivor of sexual slavery by Islamic State, are joint winners
Afghanistan suspends officials after women's football team abuse investigation
Senior figures linked to Afghan women's team alleged that some players had been molested by officials from the football federation
Act now or face 100 more years of child marriage, economists warn
Researchers said governments needed to do more to change the social attitudes that favour FGM and child marriage
Gender pay gap is dramatic among top U.S. lawyers, survey finds
At top U.S. law firms, the average income for male partners last year was $959,000 and $627,000 for female partners
Brazil's Bolsonaro lumps native tribes with women in new ministry
Bolsonaro says he will deny new land claims by indigenous tribes and favors opening their land to commercial mining and farming
To hug, or not to hug? Ted Baker furore sparks water cooler debate
A petition accuses chief executive Ray Kelvin of stroking people's necks, making sexual innuendo and asking staff to sit on his knee
Festive fun or festive fail? Christmas classics cause offence
Some seasonal songs, including 'Fairytale of New York' and 'Baby It's Cold Outside', are now associated more with causing offence than festive cheer