Fleeing Rohingya on trial in Myanmar for 'illegal travel'
The plight of Rohingya is in focus at this week's hearings at the ICC, were Gambia has brought a case accusing Myanmar of violating the 1948 Genocide Convention
Hotline launches to help Polish women travel abroad for abortion
The Abortion Without Borders service will refer women to medical abortion providers in Germany, the Netherlands and Britain
As Suu Kyi looks on, Gambia details mass rapes, killings in Myanmar
Suu Kyi, a Nobel Peace laureate, is expected to repeat denials of genocide and argue that military operations were a legitimate counterterrorism response to attacks by Rohingya militants
Rohingya pray for justice on eve of Myanmar genocide hearings
More than 730,000 Rohingya fled Myanmar in 2017 after the military-led crackdown and were forced into squalid camps across the border in Bangladesh
From karate to pepper spray, sexual assaults prompt Indian women to fight back
"I have learnt how to defend myself using daily items like a handbag, or a scarf, and also how we can use our knees to protect ourselves," said one woman
Indian rape victim dies in hospital after being set ablaze
The woman was on her way to catch a train to attend a hearing when she was set ablaze by a gang of men, including the alleged rapist
Indian police kill 4 men suspected of rape, murder, drawing applause and concern
The men had been in police custody and were shot dead near the scene of last week's crime where they tried to snatch the weapons of accompanying policemen
In rare legal test, Myanmar faces genocide hearings at The Hague
More than 730,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled Myanmar to neighbouring Bangladesh since a 2017 military crackdown
'When will things change?' - India rallies for rape victim
India has a grim record of sexual violence against women, with an average of some 90 rapes reported each day in 2017
Deaths prompt Nepal to offer cash to women who shun 'menstrual huts'
The one-off payment aims to break customs where women are banished to huts while they are on their period