Iran hangs woman convicted of killing alleged rapist
The woman was sentenced to death in accordance with Koranic "qisas", or eye for an eye, law after being found guilty of stabbing dead an older man with a kitchen knife in 2007
Women abducted by Boko Haram used on frontline - rights group
Former hostages describe how they were assaulted, raped, and forced into marriage to the militants
India women's commission chief slammed for comments on legalising prostitution
Her comments on the legalisation of prostitution have alarmed some groups working against the trafficking of children and women
EXCLUSIVE-Chad says Nigeria deal with Boko Haram to free girls is still on
Some Boko Haram factions are refusing to abide by the deal, ceasefire broken and further 25 girls abducted this week
Suspected Boko Haram fighters kidnap 25 girls in northeast Nigeria
Girls seized despite talks on freeing over 200 other female hostages held since in April
Saudi Arabia warns women not to join protest against ban on driving
Campaigners urge women on social media to drive themselves and post pictures or films online, as they did in the run-up to last year's protest
Gays in Liberia caught up in Ebola blame game
Same-sex relationships largely taboo in much of Africa, found by Gallup poll as worst continent for gays
Domestic workers from Asia, Africa beaten, raped, overworked in UAE - HRW
Foreign maids treated as property, trapped in conditions that may amount to slavery, rights group says