Women's Rights News

Women's rights prominent in Indian budget in reaction to public outcry over student's rape and murder

Higher HIV/AIDS rates are consequence of desperation

If found guilty, the teen accused of taking part in the gang rape and murder of a 23-year-old student in Delhi would face a maximum penalty of three years in juvenile detention, while his adult co-accused could face the death penalty

Session on violence against women in South Asia planned for finance ministers’ World Bank meetings in April; World Bank president pledges more research on its economic costs

“One Woman” will be first theme song ever commissioned and recorded for a UN organisation

More than 40,000 people a week are fleeing war-torn Syria and the total will likely top 1 million in less than a month, says UNHCR

Iceland, concerned about the effect on teenagers of internet pornography, is taking steps to block it, saying it is misogynistic and increasingly violent

Indian rights groups want more budget spending on women's priorities so that they will feel safer and can contribute more to the economy and public life

An Indonesian official is sacked for breaching the code of ethics over his treatment of a teenage girl he divorced four days after marrying her

Victims said once they confessed to being a member of the Tamil Tiger rebel group, the abuse generally stopped

Female installers of biogas systems are offered support to enter the business of turning manure into green energy

Burkina minister says parents are having their daughters cut before they can speak to avoid detection

Female volunteers advise women who want abortions how to induce them safely using the drug misoprostol, which is recommended by the World Health Organisation.