Give women greater role in industry to cut poverty, urges UN executive
Only about half of the world's women are in the labour force compared to about 75 percent of men
Female circumcision in Sri Lanka is 'just a nick', not mutilation - supporters
"We do not mutilate or cut our girls. Our religion requires it and it actually helps to keep the area clean and hygienic and prevents infections"
"Terrorized at home", Central America's LGBT people to flee for their lives - report
El Salvador and Honduras have some of the world's highest murder rates, and LGBT people are particularly vulnerable to macho, powerful gangs who control entire neighbourhoods
From Aleppo's ruins, Syrians deliver rubble and show film in British parliament
"What has been allowed to happen there is a stain on our generation"
As droughts lengthen, Zimbabwe’s medicinal plants disappear
"The plants are disappearing, both fruit and herbal medicines, but we cannot do anything," says one rural herbalist
Swedish govt says to grant reprieve to some asylum seeker minors
"These young people have become a part of Sweden. They should not be hurt by the extremely long processing times"
Britain appoints first woman as permanent secretary to U.N.
Pierce previously served as the deputy permanent representative to the U.N. in New York and permanent representative to the organisation in Geneva
Pope meets Myanmar's military chief in shadow of Rohingya crisis
The pope will also visit Bangladesh, where more than 620,000 Rohingya have fled to escape what Amnesty International has dubbed "crimes against humanity"
Little prospect of Syria peace progress in Geneva talks
UN talks in Geneva this week
Indonesia orders immediate evacuation as highest alert issued for Bali volcano
When Mount Agung last erupted in 1963 it killed more than 1,000 people