Mali war crimes suspect in custody - International Criminal Court
The suspect's crimes against humanity include "torture, rape and sexual slavery; persecution of the inhabitants of Timbuktu on religious and gender grounds; and other inhumane acts"
The downward spiral of vulnerability in Rohingya camps
Gaps in protections increase the vulnerability of women with limited mobility and economic means
Mali's erratic weather pushes girls into risky domestic work
Drought means no harvest - and girls are the ones coming to town to try to earn a living for their families
Indian brothel owners get first life sentence for trafficking children
The sentence is unprecedented in a country where fewer than two in five trafficking cases end in a conviction
Philippines child slavery survivors fight to heal scars of abuse
Cybersex child trafficking is a growing problem in a country regarded as a hub for modern slavery
War crimes evidence in Syria "overwhelming", not all can be pursued -UN
"It is not possible to prosecute all of the crimes committed, given their vast number"- U.N. body says in its first report
Drug shortages cripple Angola's health service
"We ask for medicine but they don't send us anything"
Philippines urges tougher global action on cybersex child trafficking
The Philippines receives at least 3,000 reports per month from other countries of possible cases of its children being sexually exploited online
South Africa pushes to combat HIV among girls #blessed by sugar daddies
More than 10 percent of young women in South Africa are HIV positive
Thousands join "Black Friday" marches against Polish abortion restrictions
"I am against treating woman as an inferior type of human being"