The abuse of women has been going on for centuries and it is often the case that a woman is killed before the problem

Twenty-five years ago an Afghan girl with green eyes haunted the cover of National Geographic.

The worst natural disaster in Pakistan's history has created new dangers for the girls and women who make up much of

Ten Nepalese women composed the first exclusively female team that first scaled Mount Everest on May 23, 2008.

Prime minister Sheikh Hasina has urged South Asian leaders to prevent violence against women and remove obstacles on

Every year an estimated 10,000 Nepalese girls between the ages of nine and 16 are trafficked across India's open bord

In mid-August in the northern Afghanistan province of Kunduz, the Taliban carried out a horrific sentence against two

Pulling Western troops out of Afghanistan will condemn mothers and children to suffer, a leading Afghan women's advoc

Representatives of several Asian rights and women groups yesterday expressed solidarity with Bangladesh initiatives t

A record number of women are running in Afghanistan's critical parliamentary elections next month despite many being

The story of the young Afghan woman whose nose and ears were hacked off by the Taliban has faded from the headlines,

"If you had to choose between saving a girl's life or enabling her to go to school, which would you do first?&qu

Former Deputy Health Minister Faizullah Kakar recently completed a study (published in Dari) indicating that rising n

Women representatives from Asia Pacific countries shared their experiences on the impact of militarism in their homes

After the bilateral Strategic Dialogue meeting in Islamabad today, U.S.

Parvina Hangar's son was just 16 years old when she says he was abducted by Indian forces.

Afghan women and girls fear they will pay the price for any deal to end the insurgency cut by President Hamid Karzai

Terrorism and Afghan insurgency have so overshadowed other issues in Pakistan that it sometimes feels like we -- comm

Female migrants to Delhi from India's north-east are increasingly being subjected to sexual attacks made worse by

In developing parts of the world like Sri Lanka, women remain more or less subjugated, writes Kalyani Inpakum

The shooting of a female Afghan politician on Monday demonstrates the fragility of the modest gains made by Afghan wo

As the world marks International Women's Day, ambivalence, impunity, weak law enforcement and corruption continue to

While women in Pakistan are being liberated in the world of today, violence against them is still alarmingly high, an