VIDEOS: Fighting maternal deaths worldwide
Fifteen percent of all pregnancies worldwide will experience a life-threatening complication. The most critical moment is delivery: the majority of maternal deaths occur just before, during, or just after delivery, often from complications that cannot be predicted.
PHOTO BLOG: Rural Indian women join forces to acquire land rights
Low caste rural women in the Indian state of Gujarat are no longer putting up with not having land rights
What humanitarians can learn from the Oscars
We should learn that we can take advantage of the power of the media and the Diaspora to pressure governments, writes Jemilah Mahmood
The gender agenda: the humanitarian sector's failure to consider different needs
Gender issues in emergency response and long-term recovery efforts still overlooked by humanitarian actors, new report argues
Niger: And now, refugees?
More refugees from Mali crossing into Niger - in times of drought.
Madagascar: "Children sleeping in damaged homes without roofs"
After cyclone Giovanna, tropical storm Irina brought intense rain, causing floods and mudslides.
Lets make educating the worlds rural women a priority - Sarah Brown
Educating girls and young women in rural communities is the surest way to break the cycle of poverty and famine, writes Sarah Brown
Celebrating International Women's Day ? saving the lives of women
Cervical cancer usually kills women in their 40s or 50s ? in the prime of their lives, writes Bill Roedy
Rural women: the missing, strong link for sustainable development
More than 100 million people could be lifted out of poverty if rural women had the same access to resources as men, writes Lindsey Nefesh-Clarke