China says its gender imbalance "most serious" in the world
China's one-child policy means many parents abort female foetuses and abandon baby girls to ensure their one child is a son
Token legal reforms fail to end violence against women in Egypt - report
Egyptian authorities have failed to investigate violence against women and girls, or provide victims with justice, says report
Yazidis freed by Islamic State enjoy bittersweet homecoming
Around 350 members of Iraq's Yazidi community have been released from captivity by Islamic State, although their homecoming to the Kurdish north of the country, has been bittersweet
Let’s confine slavery to the history books
Slavery is still very much a silent crime, and a flourishing business worth US$150 billion a year
FEATURE-Nepal's rape victims shatter taboos to seek justice
Awareness boosted after the massive outcry in neighbouring India over fatal gang rape on Delhi bus
Lebanon's religious courts are failing women, HRW says
Lebanon's legal code is largely secular, but personal status laws give religious authorities control of many civil affairs
UK doctor goes on trial for FGM in landmark case
The case is Britain's first prosecution for female genital mutilation
Vifo vya kuku vyachangia mfugaji kuku kujitoza kwenye biashara ya nishati endelevu nchini Kenya
Not many women are clean energy entrepreneurs in Kenya - but poisoned chickens turned Lydia Waithera into one
Poisoned chickens crack clean energy glass ceiling in Kenya
Not many women are clean energy entrepreneurs in Kenya - but poisoned chickens turned Lydia Waithera into one
Bangladesh rape laws need overhaul to ensure justice, campaigners say
Rape victims subjected to "finger test" that is used by defence lawyers to question the victim's sexual history