India gang-rape victim's record compensation could help others, say activists
Bilkis Bano was three months pregnant when she was gang raped and her three-year-old daughter was murdered during violence that swept western state of Gujarat in 2002
Only for 'naughty girls': stigma lingers after S. Korea abortion ban overturned
Society's traditional, patriarchal views on women and their sexuality are still deeply rooted in the East Asian country
Donkeys deliver vaccines in Mali as diseases spike with violence
Motorcycles, which health workers used to reach remote villages, have been banned to reduce militant activity, forcing them to use traditional means
Gangnam style' sex crime: K-pop scandals uncover dark side of Seoul’s flashiest district
Some stars are being investigated over the use of date rape drugs to incapacitate women and assault them, sometimes filmed by hidden cameras
Rwanda’s genocide survivors find reconciliation, income in women’s cooperatives
Amongst the estimated 300,000 genocide survivors, tens of thousands were widows who were left to fend for themselves in the aftermath
S.Korea court strikes down abortion law in landmark ruling
South Korea's ban on abortion dates from 1953, when the country's criminal law was first enacted after the 1950-1953 Korean War, and had not changed materially since
INSIGHT -Volunteers or slaves? Brazil accused of illegal jail labour
Brazil's penal system has long relied on cheap prison labour with inmates cooking, cleaning and maintaining quarters in return for a small allowance and slightly reduced sentences
U.S. judge halts Trump policy of returning asylum seekers to Mexico
The program was launched in January and was one of many policies aimed at slowing rising numbers of immigrants arriving at the border, many of them families from Central America
Creches, courts and quotas - India's rival parties woo women as polls loom
About 432 million of India's voters are female and they are a major focus for parties competing for power in the world's largest democracy
FACTBOX-Rwanda remembers the 800,000 killed on 25th anniversary of genocide
Here are some facts about the Rwandan genocide