Nigeria Preps for Freed Girls; Jailed Mom Sues
Nigerians are preparing for the special health care needed schoolgirls when they return. Meanwhile, a jailed Texas woman who was denied medical care while in labor, sued saying the prison's refusal to help her caused her infant's death.
NY Rights Bill Alive; Sudan Chains Mom Facing Death
A series of bills that would protect women's rights in New York state are being reintroduced into the Senate. Also this week, the pregnant woman sentenced to death in Sudan is being shackled.
Couples sue to overturn Montana's constitutional ban on gay marriage
USA-GAYMARRIAGE/MONTANA:Couples sue to overturn Montana's constitutional ban on gay marriage
Activists cautious over new Indian government's stance on gay sex ban
The Supreme Court reinstated a law against gay sex in December, following a four-year period of decriminalisation that had helped bring homosexuality into the open in socially conservative India
After anti-gay law, LGBT abuse on the rise in Uganda - rights groups
LGBT people have faced increasing discrimination and abuse since an anti-gay bill was signed into law in February, say rights groups
In China, gay activism through the silver screen
There are signs of growing acceptance in China, but the pressure to fall in line with tradition is strong
INFOGRAPHIC - At work in China: to come out or not to come out?
This was a question in an online survey question asked to lesbians, gays, bisexuals and transgenders, who often stay closeted for fear of humiliation and ostracism
Lesbians and bisexual women in Asia face stigma and violence - report
With little recourse to justice, many have contemplated suicide to end violence and abuse