The Congo Basin Forests: What policymakers should know ahead of UN climate talks
The Congo Basin contains a forest that covers 200 million hectares, spans six countries, and supports the livelihoods of 60 million people. Ahead of the UN climate talks in Qatar, here's what policymakers should know about the world's second largest expanse of tropical forest.
Final push to strengthen bride kidnapping legislation in Kyrgyzstan
About 35?45% of marriages of ethnic Kyrgyz women take place against their will, according to NGOs in Kyrgyzstan
The Arab Spring - a new chapter in an old struggle
The struggle for democracy has been going on for centuries in the Arab world
It's Time for a New Approach to Urban Refugees
More than 50 percent of all refugees today reside in urban areas, yet, the very opportunities they go to the cities to access are often elusive
Connecting agents of change in Brasilia
Accountability Lab founder Blair Glencorse gives his thoughts on the recent International Anti-Corruption Conference (IACC)
Northern Uganda and Womens Rights to Land
Landesa's Center for Women's Land Rights takes a novel approach to realizing women's land rights in northern Uganda.
Pakistan Floods Two Years On
A glance at some of HelpAge International's work two years on from the Pakistan floods
Video: Nigers Struggle for Transparency
A video by the Publish What You Pay (PWYP) on forcing the government of Niger to publish its natural resource revenue
Gaza to Goma - International Children's Day
The difference between these two conflicts is the amount of attention they receive. The world is more aware of the Israeli Palestinian conflict, and quicker to take action to avert disaster. In the past 24 hours the UN Security Council has met twice to agree how to bring an end to the fighting in Gaza. They have paid nothing like this much attention to Goma.
World Toilet Day chance to fight sanitation indignities women face - activist Helen Pankhurst
Helen Pankhurst, a member of charity WaterAid's board of trustees, spoke at a World Toilet Day event in London