women

In January: writing from prompts, retelling a story, baking bingo.

A handyman repaints a window frame next to a mural-covered building in San Francisco. The city has more than 600 murals, or wall paintings, and the Mission District has the greatest concentration of them. Find out the story behind this mural.

This woman was promised a husband in India. Instead, she was forced to work there as a prostitute. She later escaped back to her village in Bangladesh. Human trafficking affects millions of people each year. Find out what the United Nations has been trying to do about it.

This is a microcredit bank in Nepal. It's run by Women Awareness Centre Nepal (WACN). The organization was created in 1991 by a group of women to improve the socioeconomic status of women and children, particularly from disadvantaged groups. Find out more.

Sheikh Mohammad al-Habadan, an expert on Islam, recently suggested that Saudi women should show nothing more than one eye in public. The kingdom's female citizens, however, aren't listening. They're spending more than ever on cosmetics.

Finding Mr Right: Melanie, a never-married woman, sends an e-mail at noon to Mark, a divorced dad. She asks about a date the next evening. Around midnight, Mark confirms. But because he waited almost 12 hours, Melanie replies: "I've lost interest."

It's Bella's 18th birthday, and Edward, the vampire she loves, hosts a party for her. While opening a gift, she cuts her finger. Edward's brother reacts so powerfully to the smell of her blood that he tries to kill her. The symbolism is sexual.