Rebecca Sanchez

A group of photographers covering the demonstrations in Brazil used their work to create a visual protest in Sao Paulo.

UN Secretary General says attack on UN convoy was intentional, as the international community appears to be inching closer to intervention.

Aiming to reign in violence against women, South Africa's Minister of Justice and Constitutional Development this week announced the return of courts specializing in sexual offense crimes.

When prominent British feminist writer Caitlin Moran declared August 4 a day of #TwitterSilence in protest of rape and death threats tweeted to a number of UK women after they campaigned to have Jane Austen featured on a 10-pound note, she probably did not imagine it would incite a feminist civil war.

Pope Francis told reporters he will not judge anyone who is "gay and searching for the Lord," despite the Catholic Church's historically very conservative stances on homosexuality.

A Sunday morning fire damaged the Paris headquarters of the “radical topless feminist group” FEMEN.

The International Olympic Committee has responded to calls for a global boycott of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, following the passing of a new draconian anti-gay law.

Saudi Arabian women’s rights activists Wajeha Al-Huwaider and Fawzia Al-Oyouni are filing an appeal in court today after being sentenced last month to a 10-month prison term with a two-year travel ban following their release.

Now that Pakistan has ended a 2008 ban on the death penalty, will it return to its standing as one of the top five countries in the world for judicial executions?

As military moves into Cairo, Human Rights Watch reports high numbers of increasingly brutal attacks on women, Egyptian feminist group Nazra calls for authorities to take responsibility and the International News Safety Institute releases tips for staying safe in Tahrir.

Diplomats around the world are meeting for negotiations on military withdrawals, peace treaties, human rights issues, and power transfers. Here's what you need to know about the UN, US, Britain, France, Russia, Syria, Tunisia, Afghanistan, Guinea, Israel and Palestine.

'We thought SCAF handed over Egypt to the MB, but it appears they actually handed the MB over to Egypt,' tweeted @Bassem_Sabry, a writer on Egypt and political consultant.

HRW's Afghanistan researcher Heather Barr said abandoning women's rights in Afghanistan would be a betrayal by the international community.

An Amnesty International statement released Friday said Mali’s child soldiers are now being detained and tortured by Malian forces together with adult detainees.

In the months leading up to the vote, Iran has attempted to prevent unrest among a politically polarized population.