Backlash against migrant workers in Asia-Pacific sparks slavery concerns
Many migrants working in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand are undocumented, putting them at greater risk of exploitation
Global recognition 'opens doors' for peasant groups, right to land
Rights groups are marking the one-year anniversary of a U.N. agreement, which for the first time recognised the rights of rural groups at an international level
Costa Rica calls for aid, grappling with spike in Nicaraguan refugees
Costa Rica has received 77,000 refugee applications and expects arrivals to keep coming
YEARENDER- Mobile phones top the list of tech speeding up aid operations in 2019 - poll
From drones delivering children's vaccines to satellite early warning systems tracking drought, technology is revolutionising aid operations
Deforestation on Brazilian tribal lands highest in 11 years
Land grabbers, illegal loggers and miners are the main drivers of deforestation on indigenous reservations, according to study
Skills of tomorrow key to closing global gender pay gap
Women will have to wait 100 years to see parity with men, on average, across health, education, economy and politics
'Win-win' in UK as highly skilled refugees find work
The Lincolnshire Refugee Doctor Project is among a handful of initiatives trying to get refugees into careers matching the qualifications they gained back home
Erdogan says world cares more about Syria's oil than its children
Turkey wants hundreds of thousands more Syrian refugees to move voluntarily to a "peace zone" in northern Syria
INTERVIEW-Help others or go bust, migrant billionaire tells big business
Hamdi Ulukaya says the days of companies being run solely to maximise profit for shareholders are over
Iraqi refugee sets sights on Paralympics
Four years after reaching Greece on a journey that took Wisam Sami from war-torn Mosul to Athens via Turkey, he is hoping to bag a spot to compete in fencing at Tokyo 2020