He tried to coerce a woman with a life-threatening pregnancy to refuse an abortion. He told her “as your bishop, my concern is with the child.”… Read the rest

She’s not old enough to consent to sex, but is old enough to be charged with first degree murder.… Read the rest

She has stood up. She is making good progress.… Read the rest

“Variations of the Scout Promise are available for different faiths, however all variations of  the Promise must recognise the ‘Duty to God’ element.”… Read the rest

The famous pianist is being prosecuted over tweets he wrote mocking radical Muslims. He is charged with inciting hatred and insulting the values of Muslims.… Read the rest

It is a cultural myth—one particular to the Internet—that the methods of a  harasser are fundamentally “legal,” and that the state is helpless to intervene  in all cases like this.… Read the rest

The divisive act, which was passed in 1996, bars federal recognition of such marriages and says other states cannot be forced to recognize them.… Read the rest

As current and former heads of major publishing houses, we know the value of words. They inform actions and shape the world views of all.… Read the rest

Australia’s Macquarie dictionary currently defines misogyny as “hatred of women”, but will now add a second definition to include “entrenched prejudice against women.”… Read the rest

A team of male and female vaccinators was going door-to-door to administer polio drops to children under 5 when gunmen on a motorbike shot dead a male volunteer.… Read the rest

“I can’t stand how I am at the moment, covered in a veil from head to toe. It’s as if I was in prison,” 15-year-old Aicha said.… Read the rest

The Islamists told her to stop talking to men, but she didn’t stop, so they assaulted her.… Read the rest

Given the severity of the injury, there is a strong possibility there may be some higher-level cognitive deficits.… Read the rest

Religious leaders should not be in charge of human rights but rather men and women who are striving for an equal society.… Read the rest

The panel of doctors recommended that Malala be shifted abroad to a UK center which can provide integrated care to severely injured children.… Read the rest

Those pushing this struggle forward are not foreign. They are people like the teachers assassinated simply for going to work.… Read the rest

“She is making slow and steady progress which is in keeping with expectations,” the Pakistani military said in a statement released Sunday.… Read the rest

The spectacle of fascists physically attacking people whose moral agenda they disapprove of has become routine in today’s Greece.… Read the rest

The belief that men deserve a veil of privacy that makes it easier to harass, beat, and rape women is ingrained in our society.… Read the rest

14-year-old was grabbed and held captive for a week, and repeatedly gang-raped. Back at school she was publicly chastised by her principal and expelled.… Read the rest