Iran sees dramatic rise in HIV infections

Health minister says taboo surrounding disease is preventing effective treatment, and 70% do not know they are infected

Sexual violence against girls – we must open our eyes

Deborah Orr: A report this week revealed that girls are being abused by other children. Why do adults fail to understand how vulnerable and alone adolescent girls can be?

Shuga: the soap opera helping Africa confront HIV

Successful sex drama moves to Nigeria to help people in country with world's second-highest HIV rate open up about Aids

Aids deaths soar among young due to inadequate health services

Deaths among 10- to 19-year-olds increase by 50%, with women up to three times more likely to get infected, says WHO

One in 10 women have been forced into sex against their will, Lancet study says

Sexual coercion is becoming normalised, warns researcher, urging early intervention at schools to curb stereotypes

Sexual violence in parts of UK ‘as bad as in warzones’

Violence against girls as young as 11 in most deprived areas of UK going undetected, unreported and ignored, says report

Meet the designers behind Bill Gates’s super-condom

Using everything from atom-thick graphene to the humble beef tendon, designers are competing to make a next-generation condom that 'significantly enhances pleasure'

Age of consent: the politics of sex

Editorial: What most young people need is what this government seems relucant to offer: better education about sex and relationships

Parties reject call to lower age of consent

Leading public health official calls for a lowering of the age of consent to make it easier for 15-year-olds to seek contraception

Pornography is not the only culprit behind the rise of labiaplasty

Daisy Buchanan: Young women need to learn that there is no such thing as the ideal labia – no matter what they see on the internet