A 36-year-old Swede has become the world’s first woman to give birth after receiving a womb transplant. Doctors at the University of Gothenburg say the birth, which happened last month, is proof that the last barrier to female infertility has been broken down.

Female feticide, child marriage, rape – these words have made headlines in India in recent months. In response to the crisis about the way women are treated, a bizarre guideline issued by the police in Kolkata has poured more fuel on the fire, says DW’s Debarati Guha.

If you were to land in Chennai in southern India one of these days, do not be surprised to see sari-clad women with khaki jackets, zipping around the city and ferrying passengers in black-and-yellow tuk-tuks, known as autorickshaws in India.

Emine Aydemir is a devout Muslim woman,living in Cologne. She runs a fitness studio for Muslim women – no men are allowed.

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An Afghan court has sentenced five men convicted of raping four women to death. Read more for women’s news that made it to the headlines.

The presence of young women in the movement for a violence-free society for women has infused new energy and vigour.

After the brutal gang rape of a young woman in December 2012 in the national capital, following which she succumbed to her injuries, there was a great upsurge of people protesting on the streets.