UK orders review of police response to domestic violence
"There are still too many cases where victims have lost their lives because warning signs were missed" - Home Secretary Theresa May
Somalia to get 1 million kids into school to help end poverty and instability
Young Somalis badly need education to acquire the skills needed to get jobs and rebuild a society fractured by two decades of constant conflict, which has left children illiterate and uneducated and two thirds of young adults with no jobs
Refugees struggle with EU asylum 'lottery' – report
Twelve years after committing to unify asylum policies, the EU is still far from achieving its goal and the chances of being given refugee status vary wildly from country to country, says the European Council on Refugees and Exile
FACTBOX-Key figures in asylum to the EU and people given refugee status
Twelve years after the European Union committed to establishing a common asylum system, refugees and asylum seekers still face huge differences in member states’ treatment of them - report
‘They make you feel like you’re a criminal’: Iraqi’s account of UK asylum system
Ghada, a refugee from Iraq, fled her home country in 2007
Breaking Colombia's silence over its war rape victims
Colombia’s macho culture and decades of war have indoctrinated men in sexual violence, but if a peace deal is reached and men no longer have guns, attitudes toward women will not just fade away
Indian author and women’s rights activist killed in Afghanistan
Extremists may have targeted Sushmita Banerjee for her bestselling memoir and film about her escape from the Taliban
Technology and open data key to improving water management, say experts
A Kenyan online platform connects water consumers with providers and similar technologies could bring huge improvements to water and sanitation worldwide, say experts at World Water Week
Post-Sandy bay restoration sparks controversy
Storm-hit neighbours resentful as money goes to improve protective New York wetlands
Social Impact Investment Taskforce takes shape at SOCAP
According to a recent report by investment bank JP Morgan, impact investors plan to commit $9 billion in 2013, up from $8 billion the previous year and with a predicted market opportunity of between $200 and $650 billion in the next decade