"Energy poverty" falls hardest on women
A solar pump helped an Indian salt pan worker increase her earnings more than tenfold
Five myths about rape in war
Sometimes men are victims and women are perpetrators
14,000 Colombians displaced every month despite peace efforts – U.N.
Govt needs to do more to provide humanitarian aid to communities living in areas hard hit by the conflict and drug-fuelled violence - UN
UK to prosecute foreigners who take girls abroad for FGM - report
FGM was made a criminal offence in Britain in 1985 and offenders face a maximum penalty of 14 years in jail
UK government announces new anti-corruption laws
Anti-graft campaigners cautiously welcomed the new laws while noting that its impact would depend on the detail
In flooded western Zambia, communities lead climate fightback
Giving local people power to set projects should make them more effective and resistant to corruption, experts say
Starving, exhausted CAR refugees stream into Cameroon - UN
Thousands of CAR civilians flee to Cameroon, ill and hungry, UN says must help
Record global grain harvests end fears of volatile prices - think tank
World grain prices should be more stable in the coming years as a result of widespread efforts to raise output
Frustrated Thais work on flood management in legislative vacuum
A draft water law could help at-risk communities but is in limbo after military coup
Rape survivors brace as Colombia's warlords prepare to leave jail
Hundreds of warlords who confessed to massacres and rape will soon walk free after only eight years in prison