
DW – Tuesday, 19 February 2013 (originally published 18 Feb) Morning-after pills for rape victims might be accepted by Catholic bishops in Germany, according to their chairman Robert Zollitsch. The clerics have begun a four-day conference facing hefty pressure to adopt reforms. Catholic bishops began their assembly in the Moselle river city of Trier on [...]

Antje Windmann – Spiegel Online – Friday, 13 April 2012 (originally published 11 Apr) Bahar ran away early on a winter morning, one-and-a-half years after her mother was murdered. She helped her younger siblings get ready for school, and then she gave them a goodbye kiss on the forehead. Her uncle and her brothers were [...]

Marilyn Gerlach and Sarah Marsh – Thomson Reuters Foundation TrustLaw – Wednesday, 13 July, 2011 (originally published 11 July) The European Union has been consulting on whether companies should be required to follow women quotas FRANKFURT/BERLIN, July 11 (Reuters) – German firms, lagging European peers in appointing women to board posts, have stepped up their [...]