When is a condom more than a condom?
Condoms are still cheap, effective - and very controversial
PHOTOBLOG -India's hydropower dams in Kashmir bring hope and fear
India's plans to build a series of hydroelectric dams in Kashmir are upping tensions with Pakistan, which fears the dams will disrupt the flow of waters affecting everything from its drinking water to agriculture
Mapping Africa's groundwater: translating information into action
Where do we go with hydrogeological understanding? Is it to endlessly debate what type of development Africa "should" have?
Water security for whom? Water and security in the Middle East
Framing the discourse about water as a security issue may impede the provision of water to people, writes Eran Feitelson
A North American funder's view of water scarcity
Scarcity isn't just a concern in developing nations, or an emerging issue in North America. It's here now, writes RBC's Lynn Patterson
It's a small world - nanotechnologies for the poor
Nanotechnologies for food production and water safety could help improve the lives of the poor, but will they actually reach them?
Retreating Aral Sea displaces ethnic Karakalpaks
This environmental disaster has had serious economic, social and health consequences for the ethnic Karakalpak population
Canada's role in averting a global water crisis
The next wars may be undeclared civil wars between cities and surrounding farm regions over allocations, writes Bob Sandford
Global water security: moving towards worldwide assessment
We need to broaden our focus on how freshwater scarcity and stress affect humans to include the whole biosphere
Lifting the veil on MENA women living with AIDS
Arab Spring presents new challenges in tackling HIV infection, rising rates could spread as ignorance about the disease is widespread, a new report warns