3D-printed prosthetics, plantpot houses, clever toilets compete for design of the year
Designs of the Year 2015 also features initiatives to tackle clean drinking water for children and plastic waste dumped in the sea
Should Israel open the occupied Golan Heights to Syrian refugees?
Israel is the only country sharing a border with Syria that has not taken in refugees
Congolese women sell pineapples to bring back doctor hero
Story of brave Congolese gynaecologist wins admiration at London summit on sexual violence in conflict
Shocking number of Britons sign pro-FGM petition in TV stunt
An anti-FGM campaigner in the UK who was cut herself as a child drew up a fake petition to “save female circumcision” as a cultural right - and almost everyone she solicited signed on in support
Mentally ill tied to trees and left to die in Somalia
Somalia has one of the world’s highest rates of mental illness with one in three people affected, WHO says
Why we must end the plight of 12 million “nowhere people”
Nischal has never had a country to call home. He is stateless and has spent most of his life in a legal limbo.
UK's new FGM hotline refers 34 cases to police
The recent launch of an FGM hotline has given British prosecutors hope that they may before long bring the first prosecution in a case of female genital mutilation - illegal in the UK for nearly 30 years but practised in secrecy
Asylum system humiliates gay refugees
"Have you read Oscar Wilde?" is just one of the inappropriate questions LGBTi asylum seekers are asked by immigration officials
New laws and ancient beliefs: How do we wipe out FGM?
A round-up of news and highlights from this month's international conference on FGM
Bill Gates, polio vaccines and sterilisation myths ? why do they persist?
Global campaigners link vaccinations to reducing population growth but are their words being misinterpreted?