COVID-19 pushes Congo's children out of school and into domestic work
School closures and the economic fallout from the pandemic have left many minors with no choice but to work to survive
Status of pregnancies outside marriage still unclear in UAE after law change
Premarital sex was decriminalised last year, but pregnant women still face challenges in getting insurance and registering births
Fear breeds bravery as LGBT+ South Africans resist 'war on queerness'
Recent murders of LGBT+ South Africans have spurred calls for urgent government action
Frustration in Egypt as Cairo hotel gang rape case is shelved
Public prosecutors freed four suspects in a case involving a woman who said she was drugged and raped in 2014 at the Fairmont Hotel in the capital, Cairo.
Prosecutors shelve case over Cairo hotel gang rape allegation for 'insufficent evidence'
Encouraged by the #MeToo movement, the woman who said she was drugged and gang raped at the hotel posted an anonymous account online before filing a formal complaint
EXPLAINER - What is LGBT+ conversion therapy and why is it so controversial?
As the British government vows to ban LGBT+ conversion therapy, what is it and why is the practice so controversial?
Amnesty: Yemen's Houthis must release model fearing 'virginity testing'
Rights group calls for release of Intisar al-Hammad, 26, whose lawyers said she has been threatened with an invasive virginity test
Idaho becomes latest state to pass 'fetal heartbeat' abortion ban
The law follows a wave of similar legislation aiming to prompt a review of the 1973 U.S. Supreme Court ruling Roe v. Wade, which guarantees a woman's constitutional right to an abortion.
PM Modi says India shaken by coronavirus 'storm', U.S. to help
The United States is sending India raw materials for COVID-19 vaccines, medical equipment and protective gear to help the country respond to a massive surge in coronavirus infections
Calls for women's shelters as Kenya reports COVID-19 surge in violence
Across the world, violence against women has spiked during pandemic-related lockdowns