We cannot abandon Kenya’s Mandera County as medics flee Islamist attacks
Mandera has higher maternal mortality rates than Somalia
Religious leaders vow to eradicate modern-day slavery
Leaders of all faiths have committed themselves to ridding the world of human trafficking, forced labour, prostitution and organ trafficking
More data, even if imperfect, is important to combat slavery
Without national estimates of the prevalence of slavery, how can we know if efforts to combat it are working?
FEATURE-In Bhopal, two women spark hope for disaster's disabled children
Bhopal's second and third generations of disabled children have not been recognised as part of the disaster, activists say
Stand in solidarity with courageous women's human rights defenders
"We must recognize the vital role of women who defend human rights, often at great risk to themselves and their families," says the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights
In Senegal, women kill own babies due to strict abortion laws
"They leave the infants out in the middle of the forest to starve to death or get eaten by wild animals"
The slave children exchanged for a bag of wheat
"It wasn’t until I was a teenager that I realised that my family, and many other middle class, educated Pakistani households, were perpetrators of modern day slavery"
FEATURE-Myanmar's women garment workers join forces amid lure of city jobs
Thone Pan Hla is Myanmar's first female garment factory workers association in a women-dominated industry
UK double standards let down rape survivors seeking asylum
Despite its tough talk on tackling sexual violence in war, Britain is failing rape victims who ask for help, says Asylum Aid