Women parliamentarians want global network to tackle discrimination
Women make up less than a quarter of parliamentarians worldwide
First global women's disability award aims to break stereotypes
Her Ability award wants to put a spotlight on disabled women's achievements to combat the idea that they are passive victims
Uganda holds special court sessions on sex crimes to cut backlog
Half of Ugandan women and girls aged between 15 and 49 years face domestic or sexual violence from their husbands or partners
Woman set on fire in India after complaining of attempted assault
Women in India have struggled to secure prosecution for sexual attacks in the face of widespread police indifference
UK retailer Ted Baker to investigate company culture of hugging
An online campaign has called on the company to end "forced hugging" and "a culture that leaves harassment unchallenged"
Armed with coffee, Uganda's women, youth look to secure land tenure
The goal is to put coffee-farming in the hands of young people by encouraging land-owning farmers to let younger family members use their land
U.N. condemns spate of 'brutal' sexual attacks in South Sudan
Unknown gunmen have raped 125 women during a 10-day spree of violence in Bentiu
Afghan authorities probe allegations of abuse in women's football team
A report in Britain's Guardian newspaper that said they were molested by officials from the Afghan football federation
Why we teenage girls are key to S. Africa’s fight to end HIV
If you are HIV-positive, you can live a healthy, normal life
TIMELINE-The battle to end HIV/AIDS
Since the first cases of AIDS were reported in 1981 significant strides have been made to combat the epidemic