New UK funding to help protect women and girls in emergencies
Britain and other donors give funds to help provide better protection for women and girls caught in emergencies, such as the conflict in Syria
Kenyan women to fight bill denying them property rights in divorce
the small number of Kenyan female MPs is handicapping efforts to push through legislation promoting women's rights, in a country where men have dominated society for centuries
India top cop’s remark on "enjoy" rape sparks outrage
The stormy reaction to remarks made by India's top policeman, in poor English, on legalising sports betting and rape, show how sensitive the topic of sexual violence has become in a country where a woman is raped every 20 minutes
Helping small farmers adapt to climate change could pay for itself - report
Helping smallholder farmers adapt to changing climate conditions and lower their risks will be crucial to ensuring food security in the future - and will likely be cost-effective too, case studies from the International Fund for Agricultural Development show
Negotiators split on how to deal with growing climate loss and damage
Dealing effectively with losses and damage from climate change will require a separate, permanent mechanism to replace reliance on country-by-country responses to disasters like the super typhoon that hit the Philippines, developing-world negotiators say
Flood-prone Pakistan struggles for influence at UN climate talks
Pakistan has suffered huge losses and damage from flooding since 2010, but political backing for its climate negotiators seems to have weakened
Kenyan cuts in foreign funding of NGOs aimed at silencing critics-HRW
The Kenyan government is legislating to cut foreign funding for Kenyan NGOs and place new limits on media freedom, and a rights group sees this as a drive to silence critics of the government
Haiti, Philippines, Pakistan most weather-affected in 2012 - index
But developing countries like the United States and Russia are fast moving up the rankings, the index’s authors say
Canada learns from Bangladesh about ways to tackle poverty
Microcredit, pioneered by Grameen Bank in Bangladesh, is gaining popularity in Canada to help poor entrepreneurs expand their businesses, especially for aboriginal communities
In Kachin, Myanmar's reforms seem a world away
With food shortages, land seized by the military decades ago and poor infrastructure, Kachin state hopes that reforms in lower Myanmar will one day spread north closer to home