India supreme court orders investigation after tribal rape outcry
The rape victim has told police she was assaulted as punishment for violating rules of her tribe by having a relationship with a man from a different community
Delhi law minister accused of racism, sexism towards Africans
Attempt by Delhi's new law minister to show that city police are corrupt and incompetent backfires when rights groups attack him over a raid he made on an apartment housing Nigerian and Ugandan women
Amnesty International welcomes change to controversial Moroccan rape law
Parliament's vote removes the right of a Moroccan man who rapes an underage girl to escape prosecution by marrying her, a key change in a law that had incensed women and rights groups
Indian woman says gang-raped on orders of village court
West Bengal recorded the highest number of gender crimes in the country at 30,942 in 2012 - 12.7 percent of India's total recorded crimes against women. These crimes include rape, kidnapping and sexual harassment and molestation
France Confirms Abortion Right as Spain Pulls Back
Spain may be committing to a stricter path on abortion but French lawmakers are moving to better secure women's right to the procedure. The new French law does away with language requiring "a situation of distress."
Indian woman says village court ordered her gang rape
Gang rape in West Bengal village underlines power of informal village courts and is latest in a series of violent crimes against women that have led to mounting criticism of the state's first woman chief minister
In India, a high society tragedy amid decline of elite
INDIA-SCANDAL (PIX):In India, a high society tragedy amid decline of elite