Cheap, green solar bottles light up Kenyan slum
Solar bottle lights are catching on fast in Nairobi's Kibera slum and beyond, as an inexpensive alternative to electric bulbs - and they cut carbon emissions too
INTERVIEW - Independent inquiry into alleged Muslim massacre needed in Myanmar – U.N. envoy
Tomas Ojea Quintana, on his last trip to Myanmar, said the central government should take responsibility to prevent further bloodshed and human rights should be top of reform agenda
South Sudan hospital patients raped, displaced fight with machetes in U.N. base
Fighting breaks out in Malakal in the heaviest clashes since warring factions signed a ceasefire in January
Burmese refugees in Thailand are running out of options
The plight of a family who fled Myanmar after months of harassment highlights the fears of some 40,000 unregistered refugees who are not eligible for resettlement
Film documents Bosnia rape victims' anguish in absence of retribution
“Mission Rape - A Tool of War” shows war through women’s lives and uses Bosnia as a case study to reflect on war rape and impunity worldwide
Tanzania kicks off $2.4 mln project to fight violence against children
The most recent data available indicates that rates of physical violence are high with nearly three out of four Tanzanian boys and girls reporting they were whipped, punched or kicked by an adult in their childhood. A quarter said they had been emotionally abused.
FACTBOX: Women in the global workplace
Women in the global workforce - where progress has been made and where gaps remain
Education, GDP growth no silver bullets against gender inequality at work—report
No country, developed or developing, has yet reached gender wage parity, and cultural constraints still severely limit women's ability to work, although this holds back a country's economy
Nepal must toughen fight on women's "fallen womb" crisis -Amnesty
Uterine prolapse affects women worldwide but is more common in Nepal, where one in 10 is affected
Economic crime rises worldwide, led by theft and procurement fraud - survey
While Africa is the worst region for economic crime, respondents said conditions have improved since 2011. Fast-growing emerging markets see problem worsening, PwC reports.