Family planning and the romance of a better life in India's Bihar state
Video commercial shows couples the benefits of family planning
Living in the shadow of Fukushima
At first sight the Azuma Nursery school in Fukushima city appears like any other Japanese nursery school; immaculately clean, well organised with happy children looked after by smiling attentive carers. But appearances are deceptive.
Building a new Libya in a new climate
The dawn of a new Libya presents a unique opportunity to build a new political tradition ? and new resilience in the face of climate change
A Day of Remembrance in Japan
At 2.46 pm precisely, the early warning sirens echoed around coastal towns and hamlets all along Japan's North-East coast as people observed one minutes silence to remember those who died in Japan's worst disaster in living memory.
Alumni Reflect on Writing Financial and Business News in London
There is no better way to sum up the great experience I just had with Thomson Reuters Foundation's course on Writing Financial and Business News than by quoting an old saying in Vietnam: "Go out for just one day, and you will find a lot of wisdoms."
Lao PDR - Malaria in Attapeu
Angela Pollitzer, ECHO Desk officer in Brussels recounts her visit to Lao in February 2012. She visited local projects with Dr Marie Theres Benner, ECHO's regional health coordinator based in Bangkok. Their visits were part of a mission to monitor the prevalence and trends in diseases in communities in one of Lao's poorest provinces.
Quality in humanitarian aid is not just a matter of more money
The Humanitarian Response Index shows that donor governments do not always make the best use of humanitarian budgets, writes Fernando Espada
India's incredible gender gap
Given India's tremendous economic growth in the past decade how can it be true that so many are malnourished? writes Uma Lele
Tsunami recovery must be matched in mind
For Japan's recovery to be successful it will also have be matched in mind, writes Plan International's Davinder Kumar