U.S. teen girls at risk in dating violence, study says
Teen and adolescent girls are often embarrassed or reluctant to talk about violence, while some schools and parents resist teaching about violent relationships
Chile gets tough on sexual harassment in the streets
A law expected to come into force within weeks aims to curb street harassment ranging from lewd comments, groping and stalking to men masturbating in public
'I am not for sale' say Nigerian women in anti-trafficking campaign
Thousands of Nigerian women and girls are lured to Europe each year by the promise of work, but end up trapped in debt bondage and forced to sell sex
Ivanka Trump backs women's land rights on Africa trip
Ivanka Trump said she would campaign for women's right to own and inherit land in Africa
No more 'likes' - Britain's child privacy push targets social media
Britain calls for a ban on targeting under-18s with 'nudge techniques' - features that push users to share more personal data or spend more time on a website or app
Taliban team at Afghan peace talks in Qatar to include women-spokesman
For a group notorious for its strictly conservative attitude to women's rights, the move represents a step towards addressing demands that women be included in the talks
LGBT+ Syrian refugees launch case against UK for leaving them in Turkey
The group have been waiting for up to two years in Istanbul, where they face double discrimination from both fellow refugees and Turkish people
Global taskforce tackles cybersex child trafficking in the Philippines
Tens of thousands of girls in the Philippines are estimated by charities to be trapped in the sex trade, with a growing number abused online for global clients
Singapore makes room for allotment gardens as urban farming takes root
Agriculture makes up only about 1 percent of Singapore's land area, but urban farming - including vertical and rooftop farms - is fast becoming popular
INTERVIEW - New environmental pact could face September vote, UN official says
The new pact contains clauses that establish the right to a clean environment and commits parties to creating judicial processes and other means to hold polluters accountable