For 12 hours a day, prisoners in India’s open prisons can leave to go out to work or visit family. In virtually every case, they come back.

A new art exhibition in London explores the humanity, hypocrisy and — sometimes — humour of the much-maligned sex work industry.

New Zealand has moved to ban conversion therapy, which attempts to forcibly change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.

The Mexican state of Sinaloa has unanimously voted to ban bullfighting in the state, classifying it as animal cruelty.

A historic victory over the fashion industry in California is creating ripples for global change.

An amendment to Portugal’s labour code is designed to protect work-life balance by introducing a “right to rest”.

Four South African women have successfully overturned a set of archaic marriage laws that denied women equal property rights after divorce.

When the Elwha River dams fell, it followed decades of successful partnerships to support local indigenous tribes to right historic wrongs.

Mohammed Elyamani is using Facebook to confront those who have for many years been sexually exploiting thousands of women across Egypt.

With her new solar light, a stallholder in Kenya can catch her own fish at night rather than buy from fishermen who only sell fish for sex.

Another US city is reporting early success with a program that replaces police with health care workers for some emergency calls.

Pakistan’s Christian transgenders — often mocked, abused and bullied — have finally found some peace and solace in a church of their own.

Sudan’s transitional government has agreed to separate ‘church and state’, ending three decades of Islamic rule in the North African nation.

Iowa’s governor has signed an executive order that automatically reinstates the voting rights of Iowans who have completed their sentences.

A new independent commission will soon redraw fairer boundaries to correct a flaw that has caused electoral disenfranchisement in Michigan.

The mayor of the Blue Mountains — west of Sydney — is pushing for the Rights of Nature to make it onto the council’s legislative agenda.

India’s Supreme Court has ordered the national government to grant career prospects to women officers on par with men.

Bellen Woodard never thought a single moment in school would see strangers across the US talking about race and identity and childhood.

From 2021, Finland will significantly increase parental leave.

Veganism has been deemed a philosophical belief to be protected by law.