Afghanistan commitment to human rights waning -U.N.
Over 4,000 cases of female violence have reported from 2010 to 2012, U.N. says
Woman power is key to ending poverty and must remain a top development goal - U.N. official
In resetting the global agenda to fight poverty, empowering women must remain a central tenet because it has the greatest impact - U.N. Under-Secretary General Rebeca Grynspan
Senior police woman gunned down in Afghanistan
A senior female police officer in Afghanistan was shot in an assassination attempt on Sunday, two months after her female predecessor was killed, underscoring worries about both security and the role of women as foreign troops prepare to leave.
Death penalty in India gang rape won't end sexual violence - activists
Hanging the four men convicted of the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old woman will not end India's scourge of rape, activists say
Judge sentences Delhi rapists to die for "gruesome crime"
INDIA-RAPE/ (UPDATE 2, TV, PIX, GRAPHIC):UPDATE 2-Judge sentences Delhi rapists to die for "gruesome crime"
Female Bishops Gain in Wales; Child Bride Dies
The Church in Wales opened the door to female bishops; in Yemen, an 8-year-old died from internal injuries after her wedding night.
Four guilty of Delhi gang rape sentenced to death
One of the four men sentenced to death by hanging, gym instructor Vinay Sharma, was dragged out of the court crying
U.K. Feminists Tell Stores: 'Lose the Lads' Mags'
Protesters outside British retail outlets in late August connected men's lifestyle magazines Zoo and Nuts with the acceptance of sexism in readers' everyday lives. That contention has stirred a round of media debates in England.