India orders movie moguls to avoid the Weinstein effect
Very few of cases of sexual harassment are reported to the police in an industry, like Hollywood, that is run by men and operates by its own rules
Kenyan police assaulted and raped women during election -rights group
"Kenyan women who have been raped - they are lonely and abandoned and ashamed"
Pardon for child rapists in Tanzania sparks fears over girls' rights
Tanzania has one of the highest adolescent pregnancy rates in the world, with widespread sexual violence and many girls exchanging sex for school fees, food and shelter
Haitian women seek support for children fathered by U.N. troops in Haiti
"Having and then abandoning children is not within the official capacity of a U.N. peacekeeper"
Salvadoran woman jailed for abortion crimes hopes for early release - rights groups
"El Salvador is a country where women have been routinely locked up simply for having complicated pregnancies"
Myanmar forces may be guilty of genocide against Rohingya, UN says
Top UN rights official says none of the 626,000 Rohingya who have fled violence since August should be repatriated to Myanmar without robust monitoring on the ground.
Children raped, burnt into submission in Indian brothels - report
"Fifty-five percent of the survivors were beaten with objects and some were forced to witness murder of other minors. These are extremely violent and cruel methods."
Bosnian Croat war crimes convict dies after taking "poison" in U.N. court
Court's lead suspect, former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic, died of a heart attack in March 2006 months before a ruling in his genocide case
UN seeks report from Myanmar on rapes, deaths of Rohingya women
The rare request for an "exceptional report" from a country was only the panel's fourth since 1982
Let them learn: Education for girls is key to end gender violence
Women with a secondary education have significantly greater bargaining power over resources within marriage, and greater choice over the age of marriage