One of Egypt's leading human rights lawyers explains why her country's attitude to women is worsening

The Hillary Doctrine: Sex and American Foreign Policy by Valerie M Hudson and Patricia Leidl (Columbia University Press, £19.95) “Women’s rights are human rights”: Hillary Clinton’s...

by Jonathan Sacks (Hodder & Stoughton, £20) Throughout history religion and violence have often gone hand-in-hand. Thus the age-old question of whether religion is the cause of violence, or a...

Pro-life activists in the United States are successfully chipping away at a woman’s freedom to have an abortion

Headscarves and Hymens, by Mona Eltahawy American-Egyptian journalist Mona Eltahawy came to the world’s attention in November 2011 when she was physically and sexually assaulted by police during...

(Portobello, £12.99) Caroline Criado-Perez is the feminist writer best known for her 2013 campaign to have at least one woman among the historical figures depicted on British banknotes. The...

If we barred sexism in advertising, we wouldn't have many adverts left

It treats a huge bloc of people living very different lives as though they were a homogenous group

Who Cooked Adam Smith’s Dinner? by Katrine Marçal (Portobello, £12.99) “How do you get your dinner is the fundamental question of economics.” So writes the Swedish author Katrine Marçal....

Raif Badawi in 2012 © Ensaf Haidar Human rights abuses may not be uncommon in Saudi Arabia, but the cruelty of Raif Badawi's case has been front-page news in the west and sparked protests from...