Why it's so much harder for a Bangladeshi woman to escape a cyclone
Women in patriarchal Bangladesh often need their husband's permission to leave home
Reaching small farmers with innovations they can afford
Mini packets of seed, fertiliser and pesticide could boost take-up of new crops and practices
Will Sahel hunger buzz bring action?
Many aid workers believe donor response to crisis alerts depends on media coverage, but it may not be the only factor
Yemeni families close to breaking point
A recent Oxfam study in the western coastal governorate of Hodeida found families to be coping ? but only just. Many families were facing unemployment or reduced working hours and lower pay.
Carrying the torch: towards the extinction of landmines
Meeting rooms and conference halls are not usually the places where emotions run free. Official etiquettes dictate that feelings must be reigned in whether for mannerism or other hidden agendas.
Kenya: The silent face of emergency
In Kenya, the long-awaited rains are only an apparent blessing for the drought-stricken region, an aid worker blogs
Inside the fight for international criminal justice
An insider's account of international efforts to prosecute those responsible for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity
Climate talks agree to keep disagreeing on emissions
The outcome of COP17 is a compromise that won't secure the livelihoods of millions of poor people
Womens Access to Legal Information
National governments across the world continue the slow march toward legislating gender equality, but in countries with gendered patterns of access to information, women are one of the first groups to lose out on their legal rights. In fact, the United Nations (UN) has declared lack of access to information to be the third major challenge confronting women in developing countries, after poverty and violence.
Happy International Anti-Corruption Day! Or is it?
Why does International Anti-Corruption Day receive so little media attention?