In rural India, a group of midwives routinely murdered newborn girls - and then began to resist.

The woman and her husband were on a motorbike tour in India when the alleged assault took place.

A woman was stripped and paraded in Karnataka state recently as punishment after her son eloped with a girl.

More than 100 people have been killed in ethnic violence that has engulfed a small Indian state.

India's traditionally patriarchal society is seeing a rising number of women heading families.

Almost every day women in India face sexual harassment in public places. So how do they deal with it?

A new report blames "societal and employers' prejudices" why women and Muslims earn less.

The BBC mined the official record books to distil data about crimes against women over the past few years.