Pakistani family sentenced to death over "honour killing" outside court
The pregnant woman was bludgeoned to death outside a courthouse in May after family objected to her marriage
Human trafficking victims in India need greater legal support
Indian authorities fail to understand trafficking crimes include forced, bonded and child labour
INTERVIEW: Former African child slave calls for end to global scourge
Enslaved at age six, James Kofi Annan escaped seven years later, immersed himself in education and now rescues child slaves
Some 600 trafficking victims saved from slavery by Bangladesh navy
More than 600 trafficking victims are rescued by the Bangladesh navy along the Myanmar-Bangladesh border
PROFILE-Nigeria journalist puts faces to girls kidnapped by Boko Haram
In Chibok, she found girls' deserted bedrooms still full of their clothes and books, and families mourning their lost children
PROFILE-Why helping the poor is an obsession for BRAC founder Fazle Abed
Fazle Abed's work led him to win the 2014 Trust Women Hero Award, chosen from 150 nominations
Business Costs of Intimate Partner Violence: What Can the Private Sector Do?
Private companies should take action to reduce domestic violence because of the business cost
Technology revolution "brings the bank" to poor women
Around 2.8 billion people worldwide do not have a bank account, Mary Ellen Iskenderian of Women's World Banking has said