The fight over gay rights in Florida has been contentious for a decade and flared anew earlier this year.

Lizzie Marvelly is right; every woman should be able to make her own choices.

She's young, beautiful and studying politics and philosophy. But this young Danish woman isn't your average uni student.

A transgender woman who claims she was forced out of her job at an Auckland barbershop has been cleared to pursue her claim of unjustified dismissal

COMMENT: We should be focussing on providing clean, filtered water to as many people as possible, because it is a basic human right, writes Sam Judd. Not selling water off to an overseas company.

COMMENT: US states looking to pass 'religious freedom' laws are coming up against the power of corporate - and Hollywood - values.

Customers complain insurers have refused to settle unless they stop posting negative comments on social media.

A mother is still battling the Government in court over pay for the care of her disabled son, despite repeated decisions in her favour.

Dr Tony Ellis today said his client, Kyung Yup Kim, who Chinese authorities want extradited for allegedly murdering a prostitute, was locked up 19 hours a day.

Australia has been grilled over its human rights record this week, appearing in the hot seat before the UN Human Rights Council for a performance review.

Police have interviewed a man over claims a prostitute wrote a note seeking help and secretly handed it to him.

It is frustrating that serious human rights abuses in Indonesian-controlled West Papua continue to fly below the radar, Maire Leadbeater.

Kiwis have been "caught up in the net" of a harsher policy and are likely facing tough conditions in deportation centres such as that on Christmas Island, Australian Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs says.

A low number of female CEOs can be ascribed to institutionalised misogyny, claims new research from Columbia Business School in New York.

To raise awareness and money to help TearFund's fight against human trafficking, Petra Bagust and her family will live off just $2.25 per person a day.

There's a specific strain of online-shaming that's become popular: Women publicly sharing the offensive private messages they receive.

Woman who accused male solicitor of sexism after he described her photo on a business website as 'stunning' has previously told men they were 'hot stuff'.

High-flying female barrister at the centre of the LinkedIn sexism scandal has reportedly branded the networking site the "white-collar Tinder".

A soldier has been awarded a higher-than-average costs payment after a long battle with internet company Orcon.

Internet company Orcon has paid an army soldier $25,000 after a long-running battle over a bogus debt.

A soldier who found it nearly impossible to rent a home or obtain credit because of a bogus debt is now facing a battle to claim his compensation.

Israeli forces and Hamas may have committed war crimes during their 50-day conflict in Gaza last northern summer, a widely anticipated United Nations report said.

Tabby Besley is ready to meet the Queen - complete with her trademark brightly-coloured hair.

As president of the Australian Human Rights Commission, Gillian Triggs represents the nation's conscience. And when our conscience pricks, it's not always welcome.

The commercial mindset that measures well-being in terms of GDP can be insidious, writes Tim Hazledine. Even the welcome focus on reducing child poverty gets justified (by some) as an "investment" in more reliable future workers.

The owners of a liquor store who were found to have racially harassed an employee have lodged an appeal against the judgment, saying they weren't given a chance to defend the claims.

Unions and human rights organisations have long-campaigned against the human rights abuses Fifa has left in its wake, writes Dennis Maga.

Women seeking an abortion are being offered easier access to the procedure with a free, national telephone consultation service that started this week.