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Germany

Women take to the streets of Cologne

Women protest in Cologne city centre Follows 200 assault complaints “We want to move around freely” The news Pictures of the Day: A flashmob of

Germany

Cologne police under attack after mass New Years sex attacks

Police in Cologne are being strongly condemned for the way they dealt with the mass New Year sex attacks.

Germany

Scuffles in Cologne as rival groups hold demonstrations over immigration

Scuffles have broken out between far-right activists and anti-fascist protesters in the German city of Cologne

Germany

Victims speak out after nightmare New Year in Cologne

There were protests in Cologne on Tuesday night in front of the cathedral which, along with the train station, was the scene of mayhem on New Year’s

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USA

Bill Cosby: US comedian's wife told to testify

Camille Cosby had complained of "undue burden"

South Korea

Japan and South Korea reach landmark "comfort women" agreement

Japan apologises to South Korea and offers compensation in a landmark deal to settle the issue of "comfort women."

World News

China officially ends one-child policy from January 1

China officially says goodbye to its one-child policy. The country signed a bill on Sunday allowing all married couples to have a second child from

World News

Egyptian women demonstrate against violence

Women in Cairo came out on Tuesday to protest an ongoing epidemic of violence against women. Their mouths taped shut, with cuts and bruises painted

World News

UN launches programme to combat violence against women

Rallies and demonstrations have taken place around the world in support of the UN’s International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women

India

Uber: former driver convicted of rape in New Delhi

A court in India has convicted a former driver with US-based private hire company Uber of raping a woman passenger. Shiv Kumar Yadav was found guilty

India

Delhi child rape cases ignite anger and disgust in India's capital

Indians are up in arms after the atrocious gang rape of two small children. In one incident two men abducted a two-year-old from a religious festival

Afghanistan

Taliban reign of terror: Harrowing accounts from the Afghan city of Kunduz

The Taliban only held the northern Afghan city of Kunduz for three days. But stories have emerged of a reign of terror by the extremists, with women

Egypt

Pink Taxi strikes back against sexual assaults in Egypt

There is a new taxi company in Egypt reserved for women: Pink Taxi. Sexual harassment and Egyptian male society’s behaviour toward women is the worst

India

Indian sisters threatened with punishment rape

Thousands sign Amnesty petition over the threat of 'punishment rape' handed out to two Indian sisters because their brother eloped with a married woman from a higher caste.

Cinema

Difret - an Ethiopian woman's fight against tradition

We’ve been extremely moved this week by an Ethiopian film called Difret. A film which shows a side of the country perhaps few of us are familiar

Cinema

'Mustang' runs free in Turkey

Finely-observed study of emancipated youth under pressure in Turkey

Kosovo

Kosovo exhibition of dresses and skirts in Pristina to remember women who suffered sexual violence in wartime

Over 5,000 skirts and dresses have been hung out on washing lines in Kosovo in the heart of a male preserve, Pristina’s main football stadium. Many

Argentina

Argentina: thousands of protesters call for end to 'femicide'

Thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of Buenos Aires to call for tougher measures to end “femicide” – the killing of a woman by a man

Egypt

Security forces' sex attacks 'surge' in Egypt

Afghanistan

Afghanistan: 11 police jailed for Farkhunda killing inaction

Eleven policemen in Afghanistan have been sentenced to one year in jail for failing to prevent the mob killing of a woman in Kabul. Eight others