Mexico failing to stem femicide - Amnesty
At least 34,000 women killed between 1985 and 2009--nearly 2,500 in 2010 alone
Public and private donors pledge $2.6 billion at London family planning summit
Commitments will enable 120 million more women in developing countries to access contraception
Cassava cushions Tanzanian farmers from climate impacts
As drought worsens in Tanzania, a switch to cassava is reversing crop losses and even building profits
News Alert Libya: Amid the elections, on-going hostilities continue to displace thousands
While official results have yet to be announced, Libya's first national elections on 7th July, in the post-Qadhafi era represented a positive step in the delicate transition towards democracy.
Family planning will cut poverty, say Ethiopia and Rwanda PMs
Estimates show that more than 40 million women in sub-Saharan Africa alone would like to stop or postpone childbearing, but are not using family planning
Congolese flee into Uganda and Rwanda as fighting rages
Fighting in Congo's north Kivu flared up in March after hundreds of former rebels defected from the army in support of renegade general Bosco Ntaganda
How can contraception cut child deaths?
Improving access to contraceptives in developing countries could reduce deaths in young children by 20 percent - report
Merging science, traditional knowledge could benefit climate adaptation
"You need both scientific and local understanding. Both sets of information could support the other," a Guyana indigenous leader says