With no laws to protect them, India's maids are "invisible", exploited and abused, says ILO
With more wealth and working women, the demand for household help has surged, but the work is informal and unprotected - leaving maids and nannies vulnerable to exploitation and abuse
Benin trial shows vaccine need not be kept cold, can cost less
Discovery that one vaccine can withstand heat means it can be taken to more remote areas at less cost, opening the way for more comprehensive vaccination campaigns if other vaccines react the same way
HIV positive teens dying after hospitals and guardians fail to test them
Specialist says all children taken to hospital in high-prevalence HIV/AIDS countries should be tested to reduce high early death rate, though parental consent is a problem
Darfur cookstove project earns Sudan's first carbon credits
An efficient cookstoves project in Darfur has been issued with Sudan’s first-ever carbon credits, in an effort to boost climate finance reaching poorer countries, The Gold Standard says
Q+A: Innovation and sustainability crucial for successful social enterprise partnerships – IKEA Foundation CEO
When big companies partner with aid agencies, improving the way the agencies think and operate is worth much more than just giving them money, the head of the IKEA Foundation says
Mali's poor farmers fear hunger season after patchy rains, conflict
Erratic rains and the aftermath of conflict have left some 800,000 Malians in need of food aid, with 2 million more at risk of hunger
In a first, female editor-in-chief named at Saudi national newspaper
In a country where women still are not allowed to drive cars, Somayya Jabarti will be driving the news agenda and making journalism history at the Saudi Gazette
Fish farming grows rapidly, questions on labor, environmental impact
World Bank estimates that aquaculture will grow 75 percent by 2030 to produce more than half the world’s fish even as human rights groups raise concerns over environmental and labor issues.
Strong El Nino years to double, scientists say
“If someone tells me that El Niño is to double, I wouldn’t worry twice as much… I would worry much more,” says Germán Poveda, a climate scientist at the National University of Colombia
UK takes campaign to stop war-zone rape to Colombia
British foreign secretary says that sexual violence must not be regarded as something that simply happens in conflict zones and those responsible must be prosecuted