North Dakota Senate approves 'heartbeat' abortion ban
The most restrictive U.S. state ban on abortions to bar the procedure as soon as a fetal heartbeat is detected
Women descend on the UN to tackle violence
Every March thousands of women and men descend on New York City for the annual UN Commission on the Status of Women. The signs are unmistakeable ? queues of women snaking around the UN building waiting for hours to collect their UN Grounds Passes. African women in particular stand out, dressed in vibrant batik clothes underneath coats and scarves, keeping warm in the bitter winds. Every caf? surrounding the area is packed to the rafters with government delegations from across the world with NGO staff doing their best to find a few moments to lobby them over coffee between meetings.
WHAT WE LEARNED THIS WEEK: From "threat finance" to genital cutting in the USA
Highlights of reporting by Thomson Reuters Foundation correspondents during the week of March 11
Chavez gone, but his jailed opponents languish
Around two dozen of Chavez's enemies are behind bars in Venezuela, while dozens more have fled into exile
Indians question how rape accused was able to commit suicide in jail
"Committing suicide is very easy there. It's not a big deal at all" - former inmate