PHOTO ESSAY: Daily life for women in Almaty
Central Asian photojournalists on a Thomson Reuters Foundation workshop turn their lenses on the daily lives of Kazakh women
5 facts you need to know about water and energy
Around the globe, 768 million people do not have access to safe drinking water and 1.3 billion live without electricity. To meet growing appetite for water and energy the world must turn to renewable energy to meet increasing demand for both
Women in the workplace
U.S. Library of Congress archive photos show women's workplaces ranging from a flour mill in England to a coal mine in Belgium or Lincoln Motor Co.'s welding department in Detroit. International Women's Day is celebrated on March 8
PHOTOBLOG: Conflict in the waiting room
Syrian refugees and Lebanon’s struggling healthcare sector
5 facts about domestic workers
Domestic workers are among the most vulnerable employees because few of them are protected by labour laws. Here are some facts about the world's 53 million domestic workers.
5 facts you need to know about transgender people
20 European countries require transgender people to undergo sterilisation before their gender identity is recognised. See 5 facts about transgender people
Inside Sweden's first LGBT retirement home
"We have the same activities, we live the same life and we love in the same way"
Boarding the train to Europe
Photos show migrants starting their journey to other European countries from Greece. The European Union on July 20 again failed to find an agreement on tackling the Mediterranean migrant crisis.
A glimpse of persecuted Rohingya women in western Myanmar
Sexism, racism, blight Rohingya women's lives in Myanmar