A 25-year-old pregnant Pakistani woman was stoned to death on 26 May by her family in an ‘honour killing’ because she married the man she loved. On 30 May, two cousins aged 14 and 16 were gang-raped and left hanging from a mango tree in an Indian village. After an international media outcry two police officers were sacked for refusing to help search for the missing Dalit ‘low caste’ girls. In the Sudan, Meriam Ibrahim was jailed and sentenced to 100 lashes and the death sentence for marrying a Christian. She gave birth to their daughter in chains last week (There are un-confirmed reports that she is about to be freed). In Nigeria many are still waiting for the abducted schoolgirls to be found and re-united with their families. These stories are the tip of an iceberg of vicious treatment of vulnerable women in many parts of the world. It was only because of media cover of these incidents that there has been international outrage.