How a vaginal cream ad has prompted debate about sexuality in India

Samira Shackle: While India is fast becoming the next superpower, this rapid economic growth is not yet matched by a sexual revolution

Circumcision: the cruellest cut?

Pragmatic hygienic practice or genital mutilation? Why is male circumcision causing such worldwide controversy?

Porn, syphilis and the politics of the money shot

Gail Dines: I regularly saw a mix of saliva, semen, faeces and vomit on porn sets. A call for condom use highlights the plight of performers

Sardinian siblings credit minestrone soup for world record age

The nine Melis siblings have a combined aged of 818 and hail from area with highest concentration of centenarians in the world

Caregiving for an elderly or sick loved one: people’s panel

Do you act as a caregiver for an aging or sick family member while working and raising children? We want to hear from you

Bumpy ride towards reducing HIV in Zambia through male circumcision

Sarika Bansal: Male circumcision is seen as a cheap way to fight Aids in Zambia, but some fear the procedure could discourage condom use

Louisiana school ordered to stop pregnancy tests on ‘suspect’ students

ACLU denounces Delhi Charter School's policy of forcing tests on female students and banning them if results are confirmed

Women’s Legal Centre hails wider import of Namibia sterilisation verdict

Cape Town-based organisation urges action on contraception policy and calls for education and empowerment of women

Forcible sterilisation leaves legacy of pain and stigma for Namibian mothers

'No one has the right to take away my womanhood and leave me at the mercy of the cruel and unfair judgments of my community'

Namibia court rules HIV-positive women sterilised without consent

Sterilisations on three mothers carried out at same time as caesareans, but judge rejects claim that they were targeted because they were HIV-positive