Adaptation Committee finally on the move
But with limited on-the-ground experience, will it be effective?
Politics at play in global health funding
HIV/AIDS gets huge sums compared with other health problems like malnutrition
DR Congo: Food Distribution for Displaced Persons in Masisi, North Kivu
?We heard shooting and when we realized it was coming closer we took our baby and ran." They had no time to take clothes, cooking pots, or any other belongings with them. ?I waited for a few hours until the gunfire was gone and then went back to the house to get food, but the village and my house were burnt down," Jean, the 20-year old father recounts of his flight.
Time to deal with traditional justice systems, primarily affecting women and children
In some developing countries, informal or traditional justice systems resolve up to 80 percent of disputes, over everything from cattle to contracts, dowries to divorce. Disproportionately, these mechanisms affect women and children.
VIDEO: The influence of corporate lobbyists on EU laws
EU campaign group Corporate Europe Observatory on how corporations influence the early stages of the EU legislative process
In India, rapists walk free as victims "shamed" into suicide
It is a reality which is being increasingly reported in India's towns and villages where suicides are often linked to rape
Development aid ? its opponents and proponents
A new debate is heating up in Britain about overseas development assistance; to foreign observers struck by how international generosity became a cross-party consensus here, it may come as something of a surprise that development aid is under pressure
The Maasai woman saving vaginas, one girl at a time
Agnes Pareyio has saved hundreds of girls from FGM by providing them with a home and education, opening a world of opportunities that never existed at home
Sayaboury - A Global Teacher?
In the remote mountainous areas of Northwest Lao, newborns are six times less likely to die than the rest of the country. This did not occur by chance; rather, it is proof that health workers can make all the difference in the fight against maternal and child mortality.
CGI: How to provide safe energy to the 1.6 billion people without electricity?
Women and children represent 70 percent of those without access to power or electric light