A year after the fatal gang rape of a young medical student in New Delhi, Indians have started addressing sexual violence more openly; others should take a cue from the country, says Vagina Monologues author Eve Ensler.

Russian punk band Pussy Riots members Maria Alekhina and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova have been set free. Talking to the press, they revealed some interesting insights about life inside a Russian prison. We present interesting quotes from the two girls and the reaction they’ve evoked in Twitter.

2013 has been yet another tumultuous year for women in Pakistan. When I look back, many tragic incidents stand out but quite a few women have had successes to make us proud.

Every day hundreds of young women and little children are bought and sold as domestic help across India. In many cases, parents have no idea that their child might be raped, tortured and subjected to severe mental abuse. “Girls in bondage,” a multimedia feature, highlights the plight of young women and children who are lured by agents and end up as domestic labour in different cities in India. Women Talk Online spoke to CNN-IBN’s Priyali Sur, the journalist who uncovered the tragic stories of these victims.

A young girl in India resists her rapist, bombs in Pakistan’s Peshawar ruin Christmas for several locals, India and US seem to be inching towards a solution after a debate over an Indian diplomat’s treatment. Read more to know about the latest in women’s news.

Nadezhda Tolokonnikova and Maria Alyokhina

Russia’s parliament has adopted an amnesty which would free two jailed members of the punk band, Pussy Riot and enable 30 people arrested in a Greenpeace protest against Arctic oil drilling to avoid trial.

Anke Domaske is a 28-year-old biologist and fashion designer who makes clothes from a very unusual fabric, milk yarn.