Afghan state seeks control over abused women
Afghanistan is considering taking over the running of women's shelters under a proposal rights groups say is a concession to the Taliban
Indias missing daughters
India's skewed sex ratio ? number of girls per thousand boys ? is mere statistics for a violent story of a nation that has failed its girls who are aborted as foetuses and or subjected to varied forms of violence once born.
Women fight for property rights in Pakistan
Zubaida Noor is working with women in a small village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, previously known as North-West Frontier Province, who lost their homes in the recent floods. Her NGO, the Noor Education Trust, focuses on women's education, health and emancipation. Her story regularly features on the Panos Voices from the Ground project.