Some brave hearts in India launched a campaign to eliminate female genital mutilation, which has traumatized many girls over decades.
A lawyer in the Indian state of Bihar recently filed a complaint against Lord Rama for mistreating women, namely his wife Sita.
Pakistan withdrew a bill imposing tougher punishments on child marriage after a religious body branded the proposition as blasphemous and un-Islamic.
A renowned archbishop recently sparked fury in Spain by implying that domestic violence stems from women disobeying men.
More than 400 women activists have pledged to enter Shani Shingnapur temple in Maharashtra on January 26 to protest against gender discrimination.
Organizers of the first Miss Iraq beauty pageant in four decades hailed the event as a victory against the tyranny of war.
Voters in Saudi Arabia elected 20 women to local government seats earlier this month; women cast their votes during elections for the first time.
The Haji Ali mosque in Mumbai has been facing pressure to retract a ban on women visiting its innermost sanctum.
Gender equality activists criticized the Dalai Lama for suggesting that any potential female successor would have to be attractive to lead her flock effectively.
A Muslim man in Germany strangled his 19-year-old daughter to death after being informed that she was caught shoplifting condoms.
