Panting for civil rights

Like Kartika, women in some parts of the world are being treated to more than tongue lashing for getting uppity and disrespectful.

Sudanese 'trousers woman' jailed

A Sudanese woman has been jailed for a month after refusing to pay a fine for "dressing indecently" by wearing trousers, her lawyers say. Ms Hussein, a journalist in her 30s, could have been given up to 40 lashes.

Ms Hussein was arrested in July together with 12 other women who were wearing trousers. Several of the women pleaded guilty and were given 10 lashes immediately, Ms Hussein said at the time.