Women's Rights

Do clothes make the woman? Only if we let them

18 Feb 2013

Whether it is India, Hong Kong, Australia or the US, the question of how women should dress or what clothes are "provocative" has been raised in cases of rape or molestation.

Malala Yousafzai leaves hospital after successful surgery

9 Feb 2013

The Queen Elizabeth Hospital in the central English city of Birmingham said the 15 year old has been making "a good recovery" following surgery last weekend to fix a titanium plate to cover a...

Kashmir's first all-girl band quits after threats and cleric's decree

7 Feb 2013

The three teenage members of Pragaash (which translates as "First Light") told reporters in India's only Muslim-majority state they were sorry if "the people" were unhappy with their music and...

Xi's 'southern tour' speech shows why women's rights must advance

4 Feb 2013

A speech Xi Jinping made during his "southern tour" last month is being circulated within party ranks, veteran journalist Gao Yu said in an article published on the website of the German...

Li Yan one of thousands facing death or jail as abuse victims denied justice

3 Feb 2013

Li was sentenced to death in August 2011 for murdering her husband. Since the Supreme People's Court in Beijing approved her death sentence last month, hundreds have signed a petition to call for...

Opinion

Jake Van Der Kamp

An age-old problem and the sums that just don't add up

Howard Winn

HSBC suffers the Taibbi treatment in Rolling Stone

Shirley Yam

How tycoons' IPO 'losses' may hide profits at herd's expense

Anti-rape protesters arrested in Nepal

Nepalese police made a series of arrests on Friday after campaigners who have been staging a month-long anti-rape protest defied a ban on entering an area close to the prime minister’s residence...

Time to stop stigmatising rape

The gang rape and subsequent death of the 23-year-old student in New Delhi last month sparked large-scale protests in India and outrage elsewhere. The widespread discrimination and violence...

Six arrested over second gang rape of woman on a bus

Six men have been arrested over the rape of a female passenger on a coach in India, weeks after the gang-rape and murder of a student on a bus in New Delhi sparked nationwide protests.

Rape case shines a light on India's deep sickness

The rape of a young Indian medical student who subsequently died from her injuries unleashed heartfelt angry street demonstrations, especially from women who have suffered sexual abuse, along with...

CAMPAIGNING

Father of shot Malala says Taliban must accept peace talks

The father of the Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai, shot for campaigning for girls' education, said yesterday that the Taliban were fighting a lost cause and must accept peace talks.

INDIA

Third Delhi gang-rape suspect to plead not guilty

A third suspect accused of fatally gang-raping a 23-year-old student in a moving bus in New Delhi last month will plead not guilty to all charges, his lawyer said on Wednesday.