U.N. seeks to protect young children from work on farms in Lebanon
Children as young as five, largely Syrian refugees and poor Lebanese, are missing out on school and harming their health by working on farms
Can women-only seats combat sexual harassment on Bogota's buses?
Every day at least 800,000 women use Bogota's TransMilenio bus system. The city of 9.6 million people has no trains
Mediterranean rescue ship sets sail to aid Rohingya - charity chief
ASIA-ROHINGYA/AID:Mediterranean rescue ship sets sail to aid Rohingya - charity chief
"Nobody is safe": Plastic found in drinking water on five continents
It's probably not something that we want to be ingesting, but we are, whether through our drinking water, through beer, juice
"Not a woman's choice": India's abortion limit puts women at risk, say campaigners
The government remains reluctant to change the law fearing its misuse for sex-selective abortions
India's highest court allows rape survivor, 13, to end pregnancy
The girl asked the court to terminate her pregnancy after her parents took her to a doctor worried about obesity
After deadly mudslide, Sierra Leone vaccinates against cholera
Thousands risk infection in emergency shelters with limited access to clean water and sanitation.
Iraqi student hopes scholarship will help boost education for Yazidis
"The children study in tents, and are also living in tents they have nowhere to go to do their homework ..."
Watch out Wonder Woman: Nigeria's Chibok girls inspire Marvel's new superhero
The character stems from the high-profile abduction of about 220 schoolgirls in Chibok in northeast Nigeria in 2014 by the militant group Boko Haram
FEATURE-Zimbabwe's parents barter goats, labour to pay school fees
"I have no money, and this goat I'm holding is the one I'm using to settle school fees for my child doing Grade Five,"