Zanzibar police beef up fight against sexual, physical abuse of women
In Tanzania almost half of women under age 50 say they have been physically or sexually assaulted
Home - the most dangerous place for Colombian women and girls
Colombia's macho culture, and discrimination against women in general, are behind widespread gender violence
FEATURE-Morocco looks set to ease but not scrap ban on abortion
At least 600 girls and women in Morocco have illegal abortions every day, says one gynaecologist
Combatting child marriage to save girls from slavery
Child marriage commonly used as excuse for enslavement of girls
Can Africa's urban farms go vertical?
Urban farmers are stepping in to provide food for Africa's ballooning cities - but vertical farming is yet to take hold
Child marriages, trafficking will soar after Nepal quake - charity
Nepalese group says rape is already widespread in camps, with weekly reports of young girls raped in tents
Indian nurse dies four decades after being sodomised and left in a coma
Case came to national attention in 2009 when activist and author Pinki Virani appealed to India's top court for passive euthanasia
Experts demand end to immunity for UN peacekeepers over sex abuse
U.N. immunity from legal process is at the core of ongoing sexual abuse of women and children in conflict zones
Experts demand end to immunity for UN peacekeepers over sex abuse - TRFN
Over the past 20 years, a succession of media accounts and U.N. reports have exposed the sexual exploitation and abuse by peacekeepers
Punishing child rapists as adults will not make India safer - experts
Amendment would allow juvenile justice board to determine whether to try suspect between 16 and 18 as an adult or a child