INTERVIEW-Don't settle for simple in slavery cases, urges top UK cop
The anti-slavery lead urged prosecutors to use the 2015 Modern Slavery Act more widely instead of just charging slavery suspects for other crimes
Gay man takes Russia to Europe's rights court over Chechnya LGBT+ attacks
Maxim Lapunov, who said he was tortured in Chechnya, has appealed to the European Court of Human Rights
Kenyan court upholds gay sex ban in blow to LGBT+ rights in Africa
LGBT+ campaigners had argued that the law promoted homophobia and violated the constitution which guarantees equality, dignity and privacy for all citizens
Pope names women to key Vatican department for first time
More than half of the world's 1.3 billion Catholics are women and the membership of female religious orders is about three times larger than that of male orders
Investment platform takes stand against U.S. anti-abortion laws
New tool screens out large companies headquartered in states including Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas and Ohio, and promotes those in states it says support reproductive rights
Record number of women set to enter India parliament
India was one of the first countries to have a female leader, but more than five decades after Indira Gandhi became prime minister, women's participation in politics remains stubbornly low
Forced marriage cases reported in Britain jump to record high
Britain banned forced marriage in 2014 but there have only been two convictions, both of which were last year
Amplify survivors' voices to end global scourge of sexual violence, world leaders told
Aid interventions often ignore survivors' needs and fail to provide access to vital health services, delegates heard
U.S. teen poets find no rhyme or reason to climate peril
Scores of teenagers have been writing poems about global warming in a bid to perform them this June in one of New York City's legendary venues, The Apollo Theater
'Beacon of light' - LGBT+ Africans remember writer who championed them
Many praised the openly gay author, essayist and campaigner as a role model who challenged widespread prejudices and emboldened young LGBT+ Africans