Sex-trafficked Pakistani despairs of justice, lawyer threatened - TRFN
Pakistani woman, trafficked for sex to Middle East, too poor to get legal help against gangsters, lawyer says
Blizzards hit Middle East, refugees bear brunt
Snow blocks roads in Bekaa Valley, home to 400,000 refugees
Nepal to issue passports with third gender for sexual minorities
Nepal introduces third category for those who don't want to be identified as male or female on their passports
Thai PM urges action on human trafficking as U.S. deadline looms
Thailand is ranked one of the world's worst centres of human trafficking
India proposes special police units to probe crimes against women
Units would investigate crimes against women, especially rape, dowry deaths, acid attacks and human trafficking
Kathmandu launches women-only buses to curb sexual assaults
Operators want to employ women drivers for the women-only buses but say it is difficult to find them
Desperate parents of abducted Nigerian girls say have turned to U.N.
More than eight months since the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls from Chibok, parents say the're still in the dark about what the government is doing
Staff strike at Congo rape hospital accused of tax fraud
Panzi Hospital in Bukavu, renowned for treating war rape victims, has had its bank accounts frozen for alleged tax fraud
INSIGHT: As US-led combat mission ends, Afghan women fear oppression
Huge progress made in female education and putting women in positions of authority, yet women fear rights rollback