June 16, 2012 (ABC News)
Burmese opposition leader Aung San Suu Kyi formally accepted her Nobel Peace Prize today, more than two decades after it was awarded to honor her fight for democracy.
June 15, 2012 (CNN)
The International Criminal Court swears in Gambian lawyer Fatou Bensouda as its new prosecutor Friday, the first woman to assume the top job at the world war crimes tribunal.
June 15, 2012 (Human Rights Watch )
Syrian government forces have used sexual violence to torture men, women, and boys detained during the current conflict. Witnesses and victims also told Human Rights Watch that soldiers and pro-government armed militias have sexually abused women and girls as young as 12 during home raids and military sweeps of residential areas.
June 15, 2012 (IRIN)
Over 34 percent of new marriages in the Himalayan nation involve brides under 15 years of age despite a ban on the practice, according to the Ministry of Women, Children and Social Welfare.
June 15, 2012 (Jakarta Globe)
A global poll of gender experts has ranked Indonesia 17th out of the world's 19 biggest economies in terms of the best places to be a woman.
June 13, 2012 (Nita Bhalla for TrustLaw)
"There are two Indias: one where we can see more equality and prosperity for women, but another where the vast majority of women are living with no choice, voice or rights," said Sushma Kapoor, South Asia deputy director for U.N. Women.
June 11, 2012 (The Washington Post)
Four Cambodian women imprisoned for protesting their eviction from the land where their homes once stood have begun a hunger strike, a rights group said Monday.
June 08, 2012 (International Herald Tribune)
While the US secretary of state defended Washington's use of drone strikes to kill suspected militants in Pakistan, the United Nations on Thursday called for a probe into the strikes — categorically questioning their legality and saying they kill innocent civilians.
June 08, 2012 (Isobel Coleman for the Council on Foreign Relations)
It's good to have heroes. One of mine is Sakena Yacoobi, the founder of a terrific organization called the Afghan Institute of Learning (AIL) that provides education and health services to women across Afghanistan.
June 07, 2012 (The Sydney Morning Herald)
Forces loyal to President Bashar al-Assad "massacred" about 100 people, including many women and children, at a village in central Syria on Wednesday, the opposition Syrian National Council says.
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