Nancy Friday collected and shared women's sexual fantasies in her book My Secret Garden. She died on 6 November, aged 84.
Parents caught their daughter's alleged gang rapists after police refused to take her complaint seriously in Bhopal. Sexual assault remains pervasive issue in India.
The unfurling of a rainbow flag at a rock concert sparked a harsh anti-LGBT crackdown in Egypt, and experts fear that the worst is yet to come
Tuesday Flanders has accused Fulham Boys School of discrimination after her 12-year-old Rastafarian son Chikayzea was ordered to cut off his dreadlocks or face suspension.
New polling from the University of Chicago shows divisions between US millennials of different racial backgrounds over hot button topics.
Former deputy ambassador to the United Kingdon, Thae Yong-ho gave evidence to US lawmakers on Capitol Hill.
Rabia Nasimi fled Afghanistan, along with her family, when she was five. In the UK, her new home, she was able to thrive and fight her way to Cambridge.
Former deputy ambassador to the UK, Thae Yong-ho said Kim Jong-Un was a "hidden boy" now trying to lie to North Koreans about his upbringing.
Shandra Woworuntu was a victim of sex trafficking when she moved from Indonesia to the US. Now she's fighting to help others who have endured similar experiences.
Refugees and asylum seekers detained on Papua New Guinea's Manus Island have been ordered to leave as Australian immigration centre is scheduled to close.
Participants gave statistics about violence against women in the South American nation instead of revealing their bust, waist and hip measurements during a section of the event.
Former detainees at Dutch terrorist prisons told Amnesty that they were confined to their cells for up to 22 hours a day and subjected to full-nudity body searches.
Although homosexuality is not illegal in Egypt, laws only recognise unions between a man and a woman as legal. LGBT people face discrimination, violence and arrests in the country.
Campaigner Sayed Alwadaei says his family has been imprisoned in Bahrain for his work to expose human rights abuses committed by King Hamad and other royals.
Homosexuality is not legal in Egypt, but members of the LGBT community face discrimination, violence and arrests in the country.
On the 50th anniversary of the Abortion Act in the UK, women in Ireland are still struggling for the same freedom.
The regional parliament voted in favour of independence as Madrid is due to vote on a plan by the government to remove Catalonia's autonomous powers.
Councillor Shawn Cleary says the term "marijuana" perpetuates racism and demonises Latin Americans in light of the drug's legislative history.
Sophia, a machine with human female features created by Hanson Robotics, said she was honoured to become a Saudi citizen.
Brazilian company Santher stirred some racial controversy when they used the civil rights slogan "black is beautiful" to advertise back toilet paper with a white model
Ethnic tensions between Buddhists and Rohingya Muslims have existed in Myanmar for decades. Almost one million Rohingya refugees fled to Bangladesh as violence erupted.
Rex Tillerson hailed Saudi Arabia as a "terrific partner" during his visit to Riyadh, but failed to condemn Saudi forces' demolition of Shia-majority town Awamiya.
Ibrahim Halawa spent more than four years in an Egyptian jail after he was arrested in 2013 at a protest in support of the Muslim Brotherhood.
Zelimkhan Bakaev has been missing since August. Activists claim he was murdered within 10 hours of arriving in the Russian republic.
A report reveals that as many as 50 children a week are referred to gender reassignment experts with the Gender Identity Development Service.
Meth tablets recovered as army continues crackdown against militants in an operaiton that the UN said may amount to ethnic cleaning against Rohingya Muslims.
International rights groups and opposition parties have condemned the announcement, highlighting the dire state of Zimbabwe's health service.
BBC Radio Kent asked Twitter if gay conversion therapy should be banned and suffered the consequences
A plan by the mayor of Sao Paulo to give children pellets made from leftovers has divided opinion in a city that struggles to feed lower-income residents.
Authorities suggested that LGBT citizens in the Muslim-majority country would be subject to mandatory testing for sexually transmitted diseases.
