India jails three for life after shocking child rape and murder
The girl, from a nomadic Muslim community, was drugged, held captive in a temple and sexually assaulted for a week before being strangled and battered to death with a stone
UK campaigners threaten legal action over dropped rape cases
Campaigners said prosecutors had stopped sending cases to court that they feared would be rejected by juries
Court convicts six in child rape, murder case in India's Jammu and Kashmir
The girl, from a nomadic Muslim community, was drugged, held captive in a temple and sexually assaulted for a week before being strangled and battered to death with a stone
British abuse victim who killed husband will not face murder retrial
Sally Challen had her conviction for murder overturned after an appeal found the trial had not factored in the effect of decades of abuse on her mental health
Honduras stands by abortion ban, mulls shift on morning-after pill
Abortion in the majority Catholic nation is a crime and is not allowed under any circumstances, including in cases of rape or incest, or when a women's life or foetus is in danger
Zimbabwe's economic crisis driving homeless boys into illegal gay sex trade
Gay sex is illegal in Zimbabwe, but a rising number of underage boys are selling themselves on the streets
Abortion map shows U.S. bans in 'stark contrast' to global trend
Reproductive rights experts say bans do not stop abortions but drive them underground, causing an estimated 23,000 deaths a year
Separatist conflict in Cameroon traps girls in sex and servitude
Separatist conflict in Cameroon has forced more children into work and left them vulnerable to slave-like conditions as thousands of schools shut and families fight poverty
Denied abortions, Latin American rape victims forced to be mothers, groups argue
Mostly Catholic, Latin America and the Caribbean have some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world, often only allowing the procedure under the most limited circumstances