Lack of infrastructure beleaguers aid work in the Congo
The rising hills and the dipping valleys of the DRC are picturesque from the little cabin. Its nose slices through the low clouds with ease, although the turbulence increases with each.
Are Finnish postal workers public officials?
Definition of foreign official baffles experts at International Bar Association's annual Anti-Corruption Conference
World Water Forum muddied by controversies
One thing is clear from the Marseille conference: access to water and its benefits is a highly contested area of policy
NGOs demand no restrictions
Launching a new NGO in Egypt could come with many obstacles, such as start-up capitals, red tape and problems with receiving funds, either from inside Egypt or from elsewhere.
"I did not grow up to be a wife"
Fearless and revolutionary, India's first female police officer Kiran Bedi has become a role model for women leaders in her country
From Sustainable Development To Green Economy ? What Does This Mean For Women?
Twenty years after the first United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD) that took place in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 it is clear that governments have failed to implement development models that are socially just and environmentally sustainable. It is in the context of revision of the of sustainable development framework that Rio+20 will take place.
Catching Up with Alumni
Pranom Leephan-Williams is an alumna of a Thomson Reuters Foundation Writing and Producing Television News course she took in England and Germany in the fall of 1997. After taking some time off to raise her children, the Thai television correspondent now hopes to break back into the news business. We caught up with her recently and she remembers her experiences with the Foundation.
Who gets hurt in the violence cycle?
At least a quarter of women in England and Wales experience one or more incidents of domestic abuse in their lifetime