Islamic State committing "staggering" violations in Iraq -UN report
MIDEAST-CRISIS/UN (URGENT):Islamic State committing "staggering" violations in Iraq -UN report
UK must channel aid to fight FGM in Sierra Leone - lawmakers
90 percent of women in Sierra Leone cut in practice seen as prerequisite for marriage and even a political tool
INTERVIEW: Rapists confess as Kenyan cleric takes up equality struggle
"We need to cure the source of women's problems and it is men," says Reverend Timothy Njoya
Kenyatta trial must probe witness tampering says activist
Activist Maina Kiai: "Something is going on in making witnesses die or recant, and that must be investigated."
Nobel Laureates condemn South Africa visa denial to Dalai Lama
Nobel laureates see Chinese pressure as reason for visa denial, say this violates Dalai Lama's human rights
US courts deny trafficking victims lost wages - study
Sex trafficking victims are awarded far less money than labour victims, says legal review
Rafea Um Gomar: The first female solar engineer in Jordan
Um Gomar and a colleague have set up 80 solar installations throughout their area, and are training other women to install many more
In India, one man breaks taboos to improve women's health
Arunachalam Muruganantham invented a machine to make low-cost sanitary towels
Rights body mulls forced sterilisation of HIV-positive woman
First Latin American case to be heard involving forced sterilisation of an HIV-positive person.
Myanmar activists demand law to ban violence against women
Existing laws, dating back to British colonial days, are outdated, unclear and poorly enforced