Rights groups urge China not to execute domestic violence victim
A Chinese woman faces the death penalty for killing her abusive husband after her pleas for help were ignored
Public education can end India's "rape epidemic"-campaigners
An Indian campaign group says a massive public education campaign would play a crucial part in reducing the large number of rapes in India, and has issued a new report setting out its views
India gang rape accused to be formally charged on Saturday - lawyer
The case of the rape and murder of a 23-year-old student brought thousands of protesters onto the streets and ignited intense public debate over the failure of the police and the government to stem rampant violence against women in India
U.S. set to execute first woman in more than two years
Women are rarely executed in the United States where only 12 female inmates have been put to death since capital punishment was reinstated by the Supreme Court in 1976
Ten key proposals made by Indian panel after Delhi gang rape
Proposed measures are compiled from 80,000 responses from the public, women's rights groups, academics, gender experts and lawyers