Palestinian women react to explosions and gunfire in the Shejaia neighbourhood, which was heavily shelled by Israel during fighting, in Gaza City
Palestinian women react to explosions and gunfire in the Shejaia neighbourhood, which was heavily shelled by Israel during fighting, in Gaza City July 20, 2014. At least 50 Palestinians were killed on Sunday by Israeli shelling in a Gaza neighbourhood, where bodies were strewn in the street and thousands fled for shelter to a hospital packed with wounded, witnesses and health officials said. Militants kept up their rocket fire on Israel, with no sign of a diplomatic breakthrough toward a ceasefire in sight. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)
Grijns, Dutch Ambassador for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and HIV/AIDS, speaks to delegates at 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne
Lambert Grijns, Dutch Ambassador for Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights and HIV/AIDS, speaks to delegates at the 20th International AIDS Conference in Melbourne July 20, 2014, after they observed a minute's silence during the opening session as tribute to colleagues killed in the Malaysia Airlines flight MH17. At least six people aboard the flight, including Joep Lange, a leading light in the field of AIDS research, were heading to the AIDS 2014 Conference in Melbourne, according to the International AIDS Society (IAS) which organises the event. The Boeing 777 plane was apparently brought down by a surface-to-air missile on Thursday in an area of eastern Ukraine. REUTERS/Mark Dadswell (AUSTRALIA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY DISASTER)
Influx of Syrian Women Frays Turkey's Welcome Mat
As official "guests" in Turkey women trained as pharmacists and lawyers cannot find comparable employment. For less-educated, rural women, the conditions can be deplorable.
Venezuela condemns Israeli "genocide" and "extermination"
PALESTINIANS-ISRAEL/VENEZUELA:Venezuela condemns Israeli "genocide" and "extermination"
Exhumation of bodies of alleged Indian rape victims halted by rain
Human rights groups say that a rape is reported in India every 21 minutes on average but such crimes are often not reported or properly investigated
Women look at flowers laid outside a shop where one of the victims, who died in Thursday's Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash, worked in Volendam
Women look at flowers laid outside a shop where one of the victims, who died in Thursday's Malaysia Airlines Boeing 777 plane crash, worked in Volendam July 19, 2014. Ukraine accused Russia and pro-Moscow rebels on Saturday of destroying evidence of "international crimes" from the wreckage of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 that Kiev says militants shot down with a missile, killing nearly 300 people. REUTERS/David van Dam (NETHERLANDS - Tags: TRANSPORT DISASTER RELIGION POLITICS)
Islamic State killed 270 in Syrian gas field battle -monitor
Two women in Eastern Syria stoned to death according to Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
Women grieve at the funeral of Palestinians, who medics said were killed overnight by Israeli shelling, in Khan Younis
Women grieve at the funeral of Palestinians, who medics said were killed overnight by Israeli shelling, in Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip July 19, 2014. Israeli soldiers in tanks and bulldozers dug in across a mile-wide strip of eastern Gaza on Saturday as Palestinian officials said military strikes had pushed the mostly civilian death toll past 300. The military said its engineers were concentrating on an effective buffer-zone 2.5 km (1.5 mile) wide and were looking to destroy tunnels dug in secret by Hamas after the last major fighting there in 2012. Israel launched its ground offensive and intensive barrages from air and sea on Thursday after 10 days of fighting. Fighters from Gaza launched 18 rockets into Israel overnight and four were shot down by its Iron Dome interceptor while the rest fell harmlessly wide, the Israeli military said. REUTERS/Finbarr O'Reilly (GAZA - Tags: POLITICS MILITARY CIVIL UNREST)
FGM in the UK - full coverage, news and features
Tens of thousands of girls in the UK are at risk of FGM. Click here for news on efforts to tackle the practice and interviews with women who have undergone FGM
Women read booklets containing verses from the Koran during a special prayer for victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, inside the Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin mosque in Putrajaya
Women read booklets containing verses from the Koran during a special prayer for victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17, which was downed on Thursday, inside the Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin mosque in Putrajaya, outside Kuala Lumpur July 19, 2014. World leaders demanded an international investigation into the shooting down of Malaysia Airlines Flight MH17 with 298 people on board over eastern Ukraine in a tragedy that could mark a pivotal moment in the worst crisis between Russia and the West since the Cold War. REUTERS/Samsul Said (MALAYSIA - Tags: DISASTER TRANSPORT RELIGION POLITICS)