Rape trial puts focus on India's death penalty paradox
An Indian judge will announce on Friday whether four men should hang for fatally raping a young woman on a bus last December
NYC Women's Club Embraces Seasonal Workers' Case
Under the leadership of Taina Bien-Aime, the Women's City Club is monitoring the sex harassment case of two seasonal workers in the New York Parks Department, signaling a new emphasis and direction for the good-governance group.
Women's rights activists caution against hanging in India gang rape case
"We are focusing on the death penalty as a quick-fix solution, as though if we hang these four men, all the rapes are going to stop - rather than looking at the root causes of the sexual violence against women." - activist Kavita Kashan
ActionAid welcomes verdict in Delhi rape trial
ActionAid calls on police and courts in India to take rape reports seriously - and outlines recommendations.
India prosecutors seek death for Delhi rapists, defence urges mercy
Popular opinion on social media sites and comments by top politicians suggest many Indians want to see the men hanged for the crime
Prosecutors call for death penalty in Indian rape case
"The sentence which is appropriate is nothing short of death," special public prosecutor Dayan Krishnan tells the Delhi court
Afghans need more policewomen to fight gender violence – Oxfam
Afghan women are being urged by outsiders to join the Afghan police force and deal with women's many complaints of abuse, but they face huge challenges, not least the hostility of male colleagues and their own communities
India gang rape trial over, yet thousands of victims await justice
Human rights lawyers say the outcry over the Delhi case made it an exception to the rule of a criminal justice system that fails thousands of rape victims in India