Incredible Women

A mutilated Afghan girl has been given a new prosthetic nose. Her abusive husband, a Taliban fighter, cut it off after she attempted to run away.

Ashley is writing her first book, detailing how painful childhood experiences led her to advocacy work for abandoned women and children in poor countries.

India's medal aspirant MC Mary Kom today said her first round bout against Poland's Karolina Michalczuk in the Olympic Games was an "emotional" one as it was the fifth birthday of her twins.

Unlike previous generations of Vietnamese women who dutifully accepted the “so,” or destiny, of living a solitary life, a group of women in Loi decided to brave patriarchal mores and take motherhood in hand.

Scores of young girls are waiting in the wings as Salma Kakar and her dozen female teammates lead a revolution on two wheels, breaking the taboo of Muslim women riding bikes.

In an effort to defy the traditional Asian perception of single, independent women as failures, Chen says she will marry herself.

A group of women have united to attempt to bring a class action lawsuit against Walmart, claiming sexual discrimination, on behalf of more than a million women.

African women are slowly gaining financial control over the coffee farms they harvest and maintain. The goal of the IWCA is to empower these women by providing mentors and bringing them together in cooperatives.

Akirachix seeks to carve a spot for women in a geek culture that is slowly permeating Kenya. Applications started by Kenyan women are already solving many local problems.

Brazil has elected its first woman president, Dilma Rousseff, handpicked successor of outgoing president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva.