Here’s a round-up of women’s news that made it to the headlines. Did we miss something? Let us know through your comments.

Sania Mirza & Cara Black win WTA Finals in their maiden and possibly last appearance together http://t.co/cYWaem4uKZ pic.twitter.com/KJXtfgcTuf

— NDTV Sports (@Sports_NDTV) October 26, 2014

India’s Sania Mirza and Zimbabwe’s Cara Black have won the women’s tennis doubles at The WTA championship in Singapore. An Afghan cleric has been sentenced to jail after he was found guilty of raping a little girl. Will Nigeria’s girls come back? The Boko Haram has kidnapped more girls and the deal with the government seems to be faltering. Read more for women’s news that made it to the headlines.

Norge stoppet bryllupet til Thea! http://t.co/SMyv5WBzzn #stoppbryllupet pic.twitter.com/irOXdbX7Sh

— Plan Norge (@PlanNorge) October 11, 2014

 

Thea from Norway is barely a teenager, yet her parents have decided to marry her off to 37-year-old Geir. Thea’s written a blog, documenting all her experiences up to the wedding day.

German photographer Ann-Christine Woehrl has taken pictures of women who survived acid attacks – and discovered extraordinary strength.

Acid attacks in several Asian countries like India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan have been plaguing women for a very long time. In fact, even men have sometimes fallen prey to obsessed lovers who use this method to take revenge. Here is a repost of an older Women Talk Online report in which an acid attack survivor, Sonali Mukherjee, spoke to Samrah Fatima about her experiences.

Media reports indicate that the Bangladeshi Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina is planning to lower the age of marriage for women. Afghanistan’s First Lady Rula Ghani wants to set an example for women in her country. Will she be succesful? Read more for women’s news that made it to the headlines in the last few days.

Photographer Meeri Koutaniemi took this picture of a young girl who has undergone genital mutilation. Though the practice violates human rights, it is still practised in 29 countries

How do we humans react to different circumstances? These photographs capture moments from the lives of human beings from different countries across the world.

In the past few days, two actresses have been in the news for being very open about their ideas regarding respect for women. Read on for more…