The Government was fully aware of the anger and upset over the death of Ms Halappanavar seen during protest marches over the weekend.… Read the rest

The draft law stipulates that single women up to the age of 40 must receive official permission from their father or male guardian in order to obtain travel documents.… Read the rest

A young woman was arrested in Bombay today for asking on Facebook why the city was observing a city-wide shut down to commemorate the death of Bal Thackeray… Read the rest

House GOP leaders aren’t yielding to a bipartisan coalition of Senate leaders demanding they extend the protections of the Violence Against Women Act.… Read the rest

Golden Dawn and the Orthodox church unite to repress all the things.… Read the rest

Far from scaling down, the problem of FGM in Indonesia has escalated sharply.… Read the rest

Well not in memory of – in protest at the circumstances of.… Read the rest

“All Muslims are charged with applying the teachings of Islam to remove such idols, as we did in Afghanistan when we destroyed the Buddha statues,” said a jihadist lunatic.… Read the rest

Sita’s years in exile are paradoxically reflective of the lives of thousands of women in India’s slums and villages today.… Read the rest

If you think it couldn’t happen in the United States, you haven’t been paying attention.… Read the rest

The Irish government has defied public opinion and enforced an ultra-conservative constitution that places the foetus’ life on an equal footing with the woman’s.… Read the rest

Successive governments have steadfastly refused to introduce legislation that would allow women access to life-saving medical abortion.… Read the rest

Savita Halappanavar was denied a termination despite asking for one several times following her miscarriage diagnosis because the fetus still had a heartbeat.… Read the rest

It’s tough being an atheist in school. It helps to know there are others.… Read the rest

The Chilliwack school board should not say no to bible giveaways, they should say yes and charge a fee.… Read the rest

Some Christian clerics at a meeting of anti-gay activists asked the speaker of parliament to pass the law as “a Christmas gift.”… Read the rest

They called her an “infidel,” forcibly cut off her hair, and pushed her off the train, breaking her arm.… Read the rest

An article in the Vatican newspaper declared that support for same-sex marriage is “an ideology founded on political correctness which is invading every culture of the world.”… Read the rest

Gillard had been under pressure to act following explosive allegations by DCI Peter Cox that the Catholic Church covered up evidence involving paedophile priests.… Read the rest

The inquiry will not be confined to the Catholic Church, but extend to all religious organisations and to children in state care, and to other institutions including schools.… Read the rest