Rohingya fleeing Myanmar violence at mercy of traffickers, warns U.N.
"The best way to minimise this risk is to have a functioning camp management system in the locations where they are settled"
Britain to double aid spending to fight modern slavery worldwide
Britain will also train new slavery investigators and police officers, and help prosecutors to handle complex cases
UK anti-slavery hotline identifies 4,000 potential victims in first year
"With some of the horrendous situations that we see, it will take some people years to recover."
Teens risk suicide, drugs and AIDS due to gender "straitjacket", study says
Children around the world internalise damaging beliefs at a much younger age than previously thought.
Nigerian fashion magazine stirs debate about men in skirts
Some Nigerians say new online fashion magazine promotes homosexuality by featuring men wearing makeup or clad only in miniskirts
FEATURE-Rhythm of Capoeira helps rape survivors in Congo find new start
"I don't remember anything from what happened later in that day. I was raped, I got pregnant and now here is my baby"
Rising Heat: Goat fire brigades
Over the summer, Europe has been scorched by wildfires, fuelled by hot temperatures, high winds and poorly managed forest and scrubland. In Spain, an independent fire prevention organisation has found a solution: working with shepherds and send their animals to munch on overgrown, high fire-risk areas.
London's Parliament Square to get its first statue of a woman
British suffragette Millicent Fawcett will become to first women honoured with a statue
Midwives come to aid of pregnant Rohingya women in Bangladesh camps
"The sheer number of people pouring in, the magnitude of the situation is quite overwhelming"
Fire in Bangladesh textile factory kills six
Fire has renewed fears about safety in the multi-billion dollar industry