A Russian woman and her two young daughters were found living in a cave deep in the forests of southern India years after her ...

In the remote village of Mawlynnong in northeast India, the Khasi tribe follows a rare tradition of women running the show.

In an Indian Village, Cultivating Girls’ Big-League Dreams A new $500 million women’s cricket league is offering the kind of opportunities that never existed before in India.

Arko Datto photographs and Raghu Karnad writes about the differing paths of two young women of the Dongria tribe in India, and the ways in which education both opens doors to new opportunities for ...

For Suraj Prajapati, a mother of two who lives in the arid northern Indian state of Rajasthan, fighting for access to clean drinking water at her doorstep required extraordinary measures.

The practice of keeping young girls in village temples to be worshipped as goddesses as part of rituals in south India amounts to abuse and slavery, the national rights commission said.

NEW DELHI — India's Supreme Court ordered an investigation Friday into the case of a young tribal woman who reported having been gang-raped by village elders and other men as a punishment for ...

This photograph of young girls wearing anklets was taken by Kishor in Ananthasagar village in the southern state of Telangana, formerly a part of Andhra Pradesh state.

And the family's home, which will be featured on this year's Historic Indian Village Home and Garden Tour June 8-9 (see below for details), does feel young. It's also fun and sophisticated at the ...

Activists see the Hathras case as an example of how sexual violence remains a huge problem in India—and how the caste system makes it difficult for women to get justice.

The ancient Devadasi system pushes poverty-stricken girls from the lowest rung of India's caste system into sexual slavery. DW takes a look at why the practice persists despite efforts to ...