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Finnish woman 'raped' in central Rome after night out with friends
Victim claims Bengali man offered to escort her home before raping her behind a bus.
Segregating women on trains is what religious extremists do – it has no place in modern Britain
However well-intentioned, calls for women-only carriages stem from the same idea that blames women for male behaviour.
Texas clamps down on abortion insurance - forcing women to take out rape coverage
The southern state says opponents of abortion should not have subside others through their own payments.
Saudi man who set wife on fire gets 19 months and a flogging
Wife survives, and has so far spent $100,000 on operations to treat her extensive injuries.
Stag do Brits who took turns to sexually assault unconscious woman to be caned and jailed
One texted "Who's next?" in a group chat after raping the victim in Singapore.
UN urges Nepal to investigate landmark claims of gang rape and torture by civil war soldiers
Purna Maya, 48, was allegedly raped and tortured by troops during the brutal conflict. Her case is the first to get attention.
Tampon tax: How does the UK compare to other countries?
Kenya became the first country to abolish it in 2004.
Vegan cafe charges an 18% 'man tax' to shine a light on the gender pay gap
The money raised is going to women's services.
Women, LGBTQ people and people of colour warned not to travel to a US state
This is the first warning of its kind issued by the NAACP.
Rapists in Jordan can no longer marry their victims to escape punishment
Repeal vote narrow as some legislators argued marriage would protect rape victims from social stigma.
Religion has waged war on our vaginas, breasts and abdomens – it's time for this to end
Women's rights are sacrificed on the altar of political and religious correctness.
Calls for 'creepshots' to be made a criminal offence as police fail to prosecute 'upskirt' voyeur
Gina Martin saw a man laughing at a picture of a woman's bear legs. To her horror, she found it was of herself.
Sexist Audi advert under fire for comparing buying a car to choosing a wife
Some have called for the German firm to be boycotted.
BBC gender pay gap: Why isn't Newsnight's Emily Maitlis on the highest-paid earners list?
A huge disparity exists among the best-paid BBC talent.
These ten recent sexist and body-shaming adverts will make you angry
The Advertising Standards Agency is cracking down on gender-stereotyping ads.
A woman has been awarded $30,000 for being paid less than a man doing the same job
Christine Schwieger received lower pay because of her sex.
Five shocking bans women face around the world
There is only one country in the world where women are restricted from voting.
Arkansas is going to force rape survivors to tell their rapist before having an abortion
It will also ban a safe and medically-proven termination method.
Trump wants a sexual assault case halted because the 'witch hunt' affects his job
A former Apprentice contestant says she was groped by the US president in 2007.
Three women who took a massive plastic vagina to a protest are on trial in Spain
They have been accused of "religious hate crimes" after a women's rights protest in Seville.
Texas mother who fought off violent attacker with car key shares shocking photos
Amarillo woman warns: "Always, always carry your keys with one between two knuckles".
Simone Veil, French Holocaust survivor and champion of women's rights, dies aged 89
Simone Veil led an extraordinary life and is a significant figure in French history
The UK government will pay for Northern Irish women's abortions if they travel to England
Women won't be charged after arriving from Northern Ireland, where abortion is illegal in most cases.
US senator says men should pay for maternity costs because 'women don't get pregnant without sperm'
Republicans are divided on how best to replace Obamacare
Women hold Handmaid's Tale protest in Washington DC over Trump's healthcare bill
Thirty costumed Planned Parenthood volunteers descended on the Capitol building.
'My family wanted to stone me to death': How I fled Afghanistan only to be abused and alone in London
IBTimes UK interviews refugee Laila, who now helps Afghan women in abusive relationships.
Peru: Indigenous women can protect the Amazon forest - if only their rights are respected
A new report highlights that when women's tenure rights are not respected in community forests, the environment can suffer.
We should be very, very afraid of the DUP gaining power
In Northern Ireland, the DUP attacked women and gay people. Now Theresa May wants to be in government with them.
The Tories are sending women's mag leaflets to female voters - and official letters to men
It looks a lot like Real People magazine.
Yazidi woman abducted into sex slavery by Isis returns home in emotional video
Nadia Murad was captured by Islamic State militants in 2014.