Colombia wants more convictions for violence against women
With 637 women killed in Colombia so far this year, lawmakers debate new bill to make femicide a specific crime
Angelina Jolie surgery sparks surge in female cancer tests-study
Actress Angelina Jolie announced her double mastectomy in May last year after she tested positive for a mutation of the BRCA1 gene that significantly increases the risk of breast cancer
India gets its first transgender TV news anchor - newspaper
India was last nation in subcontinent to give transgender people legal status and help end discrimination and abuse
NFL teams speed up response to domestic violence woes
If teams have learned anything from the Ray Rice scandal, it may be that acting decisively and quickly against domestic violence is the best way to win in the court of public opinion
Women's groups slam 'discriminatory' UK advice on sharia wills
Law Society guidance upholds sharia right of males to receive twice the inheritance than that of female heirs.
India's greed for dowries lies at heart of abuses against women and girls
The abuse of demands by the groom and his family for money, jewellery and property, can drive women to suicide
War may make hundreds of thousands of young Syrians stateless
Lack of documents due to chaos of war may prevent parents from registering birth of children abroad