Microsoft CEO criticized for suggesting women not ask for raises
Only 29 percent of Microsoft's more than 100,000 employees are female
Campaigners launch first anti-slavery organisations database
The Global Modern Slavery Directory is the first publicly searchable database of over 770 organisations and hotlines working on human trafficking and forced labour
Rwanda steps up human trafficking fight, rescues 150 victims
Officials say Rwandans are being trafficked for domestic and sex work both internally and abroad
Better antenatal care could save hundreds in South Africa-report
Pregnant South African women need confidential treatment at antenatal clinics, better transport
Tanzania's proposed constitution empowers women to own land
Few Tanzanian women own the land they farm, as customary laws trump their official rights
Katiba mpya ya Tanzania yatambua haki za wanawake kumiliki ardhi
Few Tanzanian women own the land they farm, as customary laws trump their official rights
Nepal hunger striker died seeking justice for war crimes
Both sides - the army and Maoists - delay investigation into war crimes because they fear prosecution
Colombian women to party away as men face curfew night
In a challenge to Colombia's macho culture, men are being told to stay home and look after the kids
Women take up arms on both sides of conflict in east Ukraine
"When your home is being destroyed, everything that is dear to you...It's about character. Girls who go into combat are real Russian women"
Cambodian land grabs are 'crime against humanity', lawyers tell ICC
Lawyers say farmers pushed off their land face appalling conditions in resettlement camps