“We can’t return to years of hate and fear,” Colombia women activists say
Women peace activists see pursuing Colombia's peace process as key to a peaceful and more harmonious future
"Mass exodus" as fighting in Iraq prompts 500,000 to flee
Double challenge in Iraq: half-million flee Mosul after Islamist takeover, 500,000 displaced by Anbar conflict
Afghanistan must recruit more women police - Oxfam
Wanted - more Afghan policewomen. It's a tough job in a country where some 80 percent of the women are abused in some way or other, including women police officers
Pakistan builds earthquake-resistant solar homes
After $20 billion in losses to earthquakes and floods over the last decade, Pakistan invests in more resilient housing
NGOs protest UN plan to charge for events at climate talks
Thousand-dollar cost to exhibit or hold an event "would effectively exclude many voices that cannot afford to pay," opponents say
What difference could a mobile app make in ending wartime rape?
Physicians for Human Rights is developing an app to help doctors document evidence of sexual violence
Uganda’s sex slaves "betrayed by amnesty" – rights group
Amnesty given to rebels who took part in a brutal guerrilla war in northern Uganda has derailed attempts to bring other fighters to justice, rights campaigner says
Can religious leaders protect women from rape?
Religious leaders are both influential leaders of their communities and confidantes of the people they serve
Record flow of children make "life-endangering" journey from Central America to U.S. - UN
"They are often escaping persecution from gangs and other criminal groups, brutality and violence in their own communities and even in their homes," the UN says
"Rape was on a daily basis," former child sex slave tells Angelina Jolie
“I cannot count how many times I was raped in Sudan by the LRA rebels ... I was raped so I couldn’t even move"