What's next for the Green Climate Fund?
WRI experts lay out what needs to happen before the much-anticipated fund can start disbursing money
Overcoming violence in DR Congo: CARE assists survivors of sexual violence
Three women from North Kivu share their stories of how CARE is helping survivors of sexual and gender-based violence in local communities and among IDPs.
EXCLUSIVE: Basic water, sanitation and hygiene essential for food security
Sanitation and hygiene are intrinsically linked to food security, writes WaterAid's chief executive Barbara Frost
Political Crisis In Mali And The Rise Of Fundamentalisms
A coup d'?tat and the occupation of northern Mali have left many searching for answers to a deepening crisis. AWID spoke with Head of Cooperation at the Netherlands Embassy in Mali, To Tjoelker, and socio-anthropologist Lalla Mariam Haidara, native of Timbuktu and specialist on women's rights in Mali, to shed light on the situation.
Strife in India's Assam: Tales of death, destruction and displacement
More than 85 people have died and around 400,000 have been forced to flee their homes to displacement camps after clashes between Bodo tribes and Muslim villagers in India's northeastern state of Assam
Different approach needed for Niger to bounce back from current crises
The Sahel is a tough place for tough people. But I have fears for survival of the poorest unless aid strategies are changed.
Building Capacity for Women's Land Rights
Landesa Center for Women's Land Rights Prepares to Launch Visiting Professionals Program
Children on the brink of death can be saved - but at what cost?
I ask our host how much does it all cost to send a child at death's door to a situation of life. The answer was shocking.
Lessons from "the mensal?o": Brazil's largest-ever corruption trial
Matteson Ellis blogs on a Brazilian corruption trial that has landed 38 individuals, including many high-ranking politicians, in the dock
Feeding the thirsty: Why we need integrated thinking on water and food security
In 1974 US Secretary of State Henry Kissinger said hunger would be beaten in a decade. Millions of children are still waiting