Bid to revive forests in Jammu and Kashmir
Reforestation efforts aim to address decades of losses to illegal cutting, farming expansion, insurgency and development projects
PHOTO BLOG: Rural Indian women join forces to acquire land rights
Low caste rural women in the Indian state of Gujarat are no longer putting up with not having land rights
FACTBOX -Empowering women could save millions from hunger
This year's International Women's Day focuses on the empowerment of rural women and their role in eradicating hunger
"Sisterhood" brings rights to India's low-caste, rural women
Wives, daughters and mothers often lack legal entitlements and inheritance rights in India
Thai grandmothers club together for financial security
Rural women support village community through "Older People's Club"
Q+A-Former FCPA chief at SEC on future of U.S. anti-corruption investigations
Cheryl Scarboro, formerly chief of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) Unit gives her views on the future of the FCPA
The gender agenda: the humanitarian sector's failure to consider different needs
Gender issues in emergency response and long-term recovery efforts still overlooked by humanitarian actors, new report argues
INTERVIEW-Rural teen girls key to global development
Many adolescent girls in poor rural areas don't attend school, and are neglected by society and aid groups alike, says gender expert
UN starts talks on 2015 disaster reduction plan
New blueprint will build on the Hyogo Framework for Action, the first global plan to explain and detail the work required to reduce disaster losses