Backpage.com CEO arrested over sex trafficking allegations
Backpage accused of facilitating child sex trafficking, with posting rules to instruct pimps how to post ads that evade law enforcement
Pakistan parliament passes legislation against "honour killings"
"We hope that these new laws will help generate a cultural shift in Pakistani society and that women will be able to live their lives in safety"
Polish parliament rejects near-total abortion ban after protests
Nationwide protests rattled government
Retrial for Malaysian man charged with raping teenager
The man avoided prison for raping a 14-year-old girl and then marrying her under Islamic law
Abortion protests rattle Polish ruling party, may prompt rethink
Poland's ruling party may have pressed its conservative agenda too far by initially backing a virtual ban on abortion
Colombian journalist honored for tackling taboos on wartime rape
About 98 percent of rapes - used as a weapon by all sides in Colombia's 52-year-war - have gone unpunished
Thousands of Poles protest against planned abortion ban
Proposed legislation would forbid any termination, tightening Poland's already restrictive abortion rules
California, eyeing Cosby, ends statute of limitations for rape
"Rapists should never be able to evade legal consequences simply because an arbitrary time limit has expired"
Islamist rebel gets 9 years imprisonment for Timbuktu destruction
Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi asked for forgiveness and said he had been swept up in an "evil wave" by al Qaeda and the Ansar Dine Islamist groups