Reaching families in Mali
You travel through the countryside in Mali, heading to Tominian district ? about 400 kilometres away from the capital of Bamako, towards the border with Burkina Faso.
A lesson of our world's fragility ? my impressions from Brazzaville
I am just back from Brazzaville, where I walked through the ruins of Mpila. This was the densely populated neighbourhood which took the brunt of the massive explosions which rocked the Congolese Republic's capital on Sunday.
Account of eviction from St Paul's 'Occupy London' site
Shortly before midnight a flurry of tweets, texts, emails announced: "...police are massing ... - police vans, riot gear, eviction imminent!"
Do we really know how much aid goes to farmers?
Researchers say poor data has exaggerated trends, and call for a better way of measuring agricultural aid
The guise of growth: the paradox of generosity
This is not a project based in self-determination but an oppressive development discourse based on charity, writes Luam Kidane
Disdain for women's 'home-spun' skills causes rural poverty
Instead of celebrating it, we have reduced their skill sets to the scrap heap of 'rural novelty', writes Seema Anand
Empower rural women: end hunger and poverty - Michelle Bachelet
Providing women with income, land rights and credit would mean fewer malnourished children, Michelle Bachelet says
Empowering women: a life-cycle approach to malnutrition
Providing disaster assistance is merely a temporary solution to a structural problem in the global food system, writes Dominic Schofield
Can we "fix" gender disparity for rural women?
Is it possible to "fix" gender disparity for rural women if it exists in an overarching system of disparity, writes Terrine Friday
Rural women can lead the way on food security - Helen Clark
The entrepreneurial spirit of rural women will help end vicious cycles of poverty, writes UNDP's Helen Clark