Indians demand swift action against rapists as protests spread after woman's murder
Protesters are calling for swifter justice, with tens of thousands of rape cases stuck in a slow and cumbersome legal system
Indian protesters demand justice for vet's murder, suspected rape
The attack echoes the fatal gang rape of a young woman on a bus in 2012 which sparked widespread protests over violence against women in India
K-pop singer sentenced to 6 years in jail for rape, sharing secret sex videos
The case is one of several scandals involving sex crimes and other illegal activity that have revealed a dark side of an industry at the centre of the global K-pop craze
New sex offenders register may deter Nigerians with 'no conscience'
One in 10 women in Nigeria have experienced physical or sexual violence at the hands of an intimate partner in the last 12 months
U.S. launches anti-violence effort for indigenous women, girls
Task force aims to improve coordination and communication among federal, state and tribal authorities in response to cases of missing and murdered indigenous women and children
Migrants safeguard Italy's culinary heritage amid hostile rhetoric
Amid rising racism - from online hate speech to football fans subjecting black players to monkey chants - many Italian farmers desperate for labour have welcomed migrants
U.N. investigators eye 160 Islamic State militants over Yazidi massacres
IS overran the Yazidi faith's heartland of Sinjar in northern Iraq in 2014, forcing young women into servitude as 'wives' for its fighters and massacring men and older women
Myanmar begins rare court martial after probe into Rohingya atrocities
Soldiers, police, and Buddhist villagers are alleged to have razed hundreds of villages in the Rakhine state, torturing Rohingya as they fled, carrying out mass-killings and gang-rapes
Congo rape victims take to catwalk to show female strength
"When I was designing for them, I didn't see victims. I just see incredibly strong women," said designer Tolu Coker
Interpol seeks 8 fugitives on day to end violence against women
'The appeal ... is a stark reminder of how women and girls universally experience violence and abuse across the world'