Cheap, low-tech solutions can yield high returns for maternal health
Every two minutes a woman in the world's poorest regions dies needlessly from pregnancy or childbirth-related complications due to lack of access to basic medicines
Hurricane Sandy, climate change and the new normal
More extreme weather in the United States is driving climate change up the political agenda
?They Call It Myanmar: Lifting the Curtain" - documentary
A rare glimpse into an ancient and hidden society
Half the Sky: Searing portraits of the challenges and triumphs of the world's women
New documentary based on best-selling book by Pulitzer Prize-winning journalists Nicholas Kristof and Sheryl WuDunn highlights global women's issues such as gender-based violence, maternal mortality and the need for education.
Applause for Obama's steps against trafficking
Obama galvanises activists by calling human trafficking "modern slavery" and announcing initiatives against it
CGI: How to provide safe energy to the 1.6 billion people without electricity?
Women and children represent 70 percent of those without access to power or electric light
Putting the sexy into safe sex is key to tackling HIV
Would health campaigns be more effective if they put less emphasis on disease-avoidance and more on pleasure?
When is a condom more than a condom?
Condoms are still cheap, effective - and very controversial
Global women's agenda lengthy at AIDS 2012 conference
Severity of the vulnerability to?and costs of-- HIV infection to women and girls around the globe.
?The Kite Runner" author talks about Afghanistan's refugees
Remarks made to recognise World Refugee Day