INTERVIEW-"Don't make children fight your war:" ex-child soldier to Colombia rebels
"We were made into war machines. I lasted nearly a year before managing to escape" - ex-child soldier
Ethics missing in debate on climate change
How do we balance the need for countries to develop and reducing carbon emissions?
Syria conflict keeps 2.8 million children out of school
Save the Children calls for action to ensure a generation of Syrian children do not miss out on education
Sweden backs new global fund to secure community land rights
The body will provide grants and expertise to help indigenous and forest peoples secure rights to their land
International surrogacy traps babies in stateless limbo
No country is granting these babies citizenship because of conflicts over the definition of legal parents
U.S. wasted $6.5 million on Afghan broadcast towers-inquiry
Warnings that the project would not be viable were apparently ignored, inquiry into comms towers said
India's greed for dowries lies at heart of abuses against women and girls
The abuse of demands by the groom and his family for money, jewellery and property, can drive women to suicide
Online volunteers map uncharted Ebola zones to help save lives
Instead of giving cash, citizens from all over the world are donating time by going online to build maps for relief workers
War may make hundreds of thousands of young Syrians stateless
Lack of documents due to chaos of war may prevent parents from registering birth of children abroad
U.S. states boost anti-trafficking laws but slow to help sex, labour slaves
States criminalise trafficking, but failing to help victims escape modern-day slavery and recover from the trauma