Chancellor Angela Merkel has created history. She is not only the first woman to hold the office since 2005, she is now also the first woman to be elected back into the office for a third time consecutively. British Paper, the Guardian, pointed out that Merkel is on her way to overtake Margaret Thatcher as the longest-serving female leader.

It was a cold night in February 1991 when the Indian army allegedly raped around 50 women of the Kunan-Poshpora villages in Indian-administered Kashmir. In the pretext of a search operation, the army forced out all the men from their homes. The women were then raped all through the night.

Experts claim that a contraceptive pill that acts up to one month after sex is scientifically possible. India’s northern state Haryana witnesses two cases of honor killing within one week and the World Bank releases a new database on women’s legal rights in the past 50 years. Check out which women’s news made it to the headlines.

In this video, Bollywood actress Kalki Koechlin and television host Juhi Pandey take a dig at everybody who makes women responsible for crimes against them.

I am not a fan of beauty pageants. The shallowness of the whole concept where perfect looking women strut the stage in bikinis and pretty dresses is absurd- the fact that one of them takes the label of Miss World or Miss Universe is even more so.

Why do some communities seem to tolerate or at least, serve as breeding grounds for sexual assault? What can victims do after the incident has happened?  How can a victim learn to deal with flashbacks and return to normal life? Women Talk Online blogger Beenish Javed spoke to Carolyn Worth, manager at the  South Eastern Centre against Sexual Assault Melbourne Area (SECASA), Australia. Her institute has helped rape victims from different parts of the world.

The brutal gang rape of a 5 year old girl in Lahore has left Pakistan in a state of shock and dismay. Crimes against women are not uncommon in Pakistan but such a heinous crime against a helpless child raised serious questions about the way the country treats its women and children.