Asia-Pacific women better educated yet lag behind men in leadership roles - index
Female university students outnumber male students in 10 of the 16 countries surveyed, including China, Thailand and Sri Lanka
Islamic State aims to eradicate Iraq minorities - rights groups
Minority communities, including Christians, Yazidis and Turkmen, have been subjected to killings, rape and sex slavery - report
Hong Kong woman jailed for six years for abusing Indonesian maid
Law Wan-tung, 44, looked stunned as the sentence was passed after being found guilty of 18 of 20 abuse charges
Indian climate chief told to stay away from thinktank after harassment claim
Indian court tells Pachauri to stay away from thinktank while police probe sexual harassment allegation
FEATURE-Abused, imprisoned Vietnamese slave away in UK's cannabis farms
Many Vietnamese slaves are children who travel by foot, boat and lorry over months, even years, before reaching Britain
Oh, Canada! Is the anthem gender neutral enough?
Should the line "True patriot love in all thy sons command" be changed to the gender neutral "in all of us command"?
Overfishing drives Thai boats to use more slave labour, sail further
Fish stocks depleted, Thailand should see overfishing, pirate fishing and slavery as one linked problem
U.S. senators propose $1.5 bln fund to combat global slavery
"U.S. leadership is critical in the effort to combat this grave injustice" - Sen. Bob Menendez
ANALYSIS-Will a new UK law eradicate supply chain slavery?
Forced labour lurks along the supply chain for fashion, bedding or even eggs, business ethics experts say
Using the law to defeat modern slavery
There are more 36 million people enslaved today around the world