INTERVIEW - Sexual violence in Haiti is a public health problem
"We would like sexual violence to be recognised as a public health problem because there is not a lot of health services and care available for patients," says Medecins Sans Frontieres
Rohingya villagers tell media of abuses during army crackdown
Rohingya Muslim women in Myanmar's northern Rakhine state tell reporters of missing husbands, mothers and sons
El Salvador lawyers fight to free raped teenager jailed for abortion
Women have been accused of inducing abortions when in fact they suffered miscarriages, stillbirths, or pregnancy complications
Dominican vote opens door to possible easing of total abortion ban
Dominican Republic is one of seven countries in Latin America and the Caribbean that have absolute bans on abortion
Indian police probing complaint of maid abuse that prompted protests
"Cases of rapes, murders, physical abuse, non-payment of wages are routinely reported in the local newspapers in Delhi. You name the labour right violation clause, and it is there"
Europe's wine industry may suffer with global warming - research
If temperatures rise because of global warming, wine labour costs are likely to follow suit, said researchers
Michigan governor signs laws banning female genital mutilation
The bills were spurred by the case of a physician charged in April under federal law with performing genital mutilation on two 7-year-old girls at a suburban Detroit medical clinic
At Srebrenica, Iraq's Yazidis demand genocide recognition
The 2014 killings of thousands of Yazidis by IS militants have been called a genocide by a UN commission but activists are seeking wider recognition and prosecutions
Nepali teenager dies after being banished to shed during her period - charity
19-year-old Tulasi Shahi is reported to have died from a poisonous snake bite while staying in a shed where she was required to sleep during her period
El Salvadoran asylum seeker takes Canada to court over refugee law
"I want to do things the right way. I don't want to enter (Canada) without permission."