April 7, 2009 -- Updated 0637 GMT (1437 HKT) Afghanistan 'rape' law puts women's rights front and center * Story Highlights * Afghan law appears to let a man...
14 April 2009 10:52 UK Taleban 'kill love affair couple' The Taleban in Afghanistan have publicly killed a young couple who they said had tried to have an...
14 April 2009 09:23 UK Journalist goes on trial in Iran  Roxana Saberi at work in 2004 Ms Saberi has been in Iran for six years, working and doing research ...
Saudis 'to regulate' child brides Wednesday, 15 April 2009 10:58 UK  Saudi Arabian women in Riyadh (March 2009) Saudi Arabia is ruled with an austere and...
Saturday, 18 April 2009 12:06 UK Iran jails journalist as US spy  Roxana Saberi Ms Saberi had worked for the BBC among other media organisations An...
Saturday, 18 April 2009 23:20 UK Obama dismayed by Iran sentence  Roxana's mother holds her press cards at the family home in Tehran, 18 April Ms Saberi was...
19 April 2009 19:17 UK Iran leader urges reporter rights Akiko Saberi says she is concerned about her daughter's health Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad...
20 April 2009 11:14 UK Iran orders 'fair' Saberi appeal Roxana Saberi Roxana Saberi has spent six years in Iran, studying and writing a book Iran's judiciary...
Wednesday, 22 April 2009 11:58 UK Iran: Love letter plea for Saberi  Press and ID card of Roxana Sageri Roxana Saberi has been in jail in Tehran since...
25 April 2009 12:44 UK Saberi 'on hunger strike' in Iran  Akiko Saberi, mother of the American-Iranian journalist Roxana Saberi, shows her daughter's...
30 April 2009 11:36 UK Young Saudi girl's marriage ended  Saudi Arabian women in Riyadh (March 2009) Saudi Arabia is ruled under an austere and patriarchal...
2 May 2009 11:47 UK Iran execution provokes outrage  Painting by Delara Darabi - photo courtesy of SaveDelara.com Ms Darabi's case was brought to the...
Tuesday, 5 May 2009 09:08 UK Iran to hear US reporter appeal  Undated photo released by the family of imprisoned Iranian-American shows journalist Roxana...
11 May 2009 13:09 UK Iran 'to release' reporter Saberi  Undated photo released by the family of imprisoned Iranian-American shows journalist Roxana Saberi...
Saudi judge: It's OK to slap spendthrift wives * Story Highlights * Husbands allowed to slap their wives if they spend lavishly, Saudi judge says * Women in...
Monday, 11 May 2009 20:35 UK Reporter Saberi leaves Iran jail  Roxana Saberi was embraced by her mother after her release The US-Iranian journalist jailed...
Released journalist 'doing fine,' father says  Roxana Saberi smiles ouside her home in Tehran, Iran, on Tuesday. * Story Highlights * Father of Roxana...
Afghanistan: Young girls targeted in 'Taleban gas attack' 10:48AM Wednesday May 13, 2009 Jerome Starkey  An Afghan schoolgirl who gave her name as Wasima,...
14 May 2009 01:03 UK Swat schoolgirl's harrowing escape Fighting between the Pakistani army and Taleban militants in the country's north-western Swat valley...
17 May 2009 05:36 UK Kuwait votes for first female MPs  Rola Dashti Kuwait's parliament, the oldest in the region, will admit four women Kuwait has elected...
22 May 2009 23:17 UK Reporter Roxana Saberi returns to the US Roxana Saberi (C) flanked by her parents at Dulles airport Roxana Saberi's case sparked huge...
Thousands gather to hear, cheer Iran's Michelle Obama * Story Highlights * Wife of presidential hopeful Mir Hossein Mousavi generates huge crowds * Never in...
30 May 2009 00:05 UK Iran candidate Mousavi backs women's rights  Female supporter waves poster of Mir-Hossein Mousavi Women chanted against morality police...
Darfuri women live 'nightmare,' Harvard-backed study says * Story Highlights * 88 Darfuri women interviewed in Chad described "profound" suffering and fear *...
Lawyers: Abused Turkish woman in hiding * Story Highlights * European court rules Turkey failed to protect a woman from abusive ex-husband * Experts: Ruling...
'Now we are like caged lions' 4:00AM Tuesday Jun 16, 2009  Supporters of Iran's reformist candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi show their outrage, claiming the...
22 June 2009 17:47 UK Sarkozy speaks out against burka Mr Sarkozy was speaking at a special session of parliament in Versailles French President Nicolas...
Iranian women stand up in defiance, flout rules * Story Highlights * Recurring theme of Iranian protests: Women defiantly standing up against authority *...
26 June 2009 00:01 UK US appoints envoy to Muslim world  Farah Pandith (undated file image) Mrs Clinton said Ms Pandith brought 'years of experience' to the...
Al Qaeda threatens France for perceived anti-burqa stance * Story Highlights * Threatening statement posted on radical Islamic Web sites * Statement threatens...