Lawyers

• Appeals to Extend Jail Time for a Convict Decline by Indian Supreme Court; Law does not Allow it

  Convicted man for gang rape released by supreme court. Public protests and wants changes in the law.

• China to free three women activists on bail, fate of others unknown: lawyers

  Chinese authorities have unexpectedly decided to release three women activists, two lawyers said on Monday, after an unprecedented vocal campaign against their detention by the West and China's rights community.

• China detains five rights campaigners who planned Women's Day protest

  China is holding at least five women's rights activists in detention after they planned a demonstration ahead of International Women's Day, which falls on Sunday, rights lawyers said.

• U.S. Marines tap female executives for advice on growing women in ranks

  Last spring, U.S. Marine Corps Commandant General James Amos did not even know who Sheryl Sandberg was. Six months later he is good friends with Sandberg, the chief operating officer of social media company Facebook Inc (FB.O), a top advocate for empowering women to take on leadership roles.

• After gaffe, Microsoft board to look at gender pay gap, male culture

  A well-known picture in tech circles, taken in 1978, shows the first 11 employees at Microsoft. Two are women. One of them left two years later after a pay dispute.