Workplaces with equal mix of men and women happiest - economist
Less absenteeism and turnover, higher productivity, compared to workplaces dominated by women or men
U.S. jails sex-trafficked kids in human rights abuse, groups say
300,000 American children at risk for sex trafficking each year, 13 to 14 being average age a child is first forced into sexual acts
Organised crime is biggest security and humanitarian threat to Colombia - U.N.
Gangs responsible for human trafficking, rights abuses and for forcing tens of thousands of people to flee their homes each year
Christians say under siege in Modi's India after rape, attacks
Believers prayed and held vigils across the country to protest against the rape during an armed assault on a convent school
Elderly nun raped in Indian convent school
INDIA-RAPE/NUN:Elderly nun raped in Indian convent school
Japan promises $4bln in aid to combat disasters over 4 years
U.N. secretary-general says he hopes other developed countries will follow Japan's lead
How to make women safer in disasters? Attack inequality
Barriers to women taking the lead in protecting themselves must be removed, officials say in Sendai
Japan promises $4bln in aid to prevent disasters over 4 years
Commitment made in return for global help offered in devastating 2011 earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster
Arab women activists under threat demand international support
Activists demand U.N. investigation into assassination of Libyan human rights advocate Salwa Bugaighis.
UK must stop passing buck on "national scandal" of FGM, say MPs
An estimated 60,000 girls in Britain are at risk of FGM and 137,000 girls and women are living with the consequences, according to a 2014 study