U.S. top court leaves intact ruling against Central America asylum seekers
A group of asylum-seeking Central American women and their children aimed to clarify the constitutional rights of people who the government has prioritized for deportation
Scientists close in on vaccine for Chagas disease
Scientists are a step closer to developing a vaccine for Chagas disease, transmitted by so-called "kissing bugs" and has infected millions in Latin America
INSIGHT-Sold into slavery: India's lost generation of missing children
Almost quarter of a million children reported missing in 5 years, up to 70 percent are trafficked and enslaved
One third of Indonesian women suffer abuse prompting UN calls for action
Cases of violence are most common among women who have received higher education and those who live in urban area
Hungry Somalis weigh a daughter's freedom against her siblings' lives
In drought-hit Somalia, families face heart-wrenching choices to survive
Surviving the Rwandan genocide
When we talk about the Rwandan genocide, we must remember countries such as South Sudan and Burundi who have been suffering for far too long
Turkana: a view from the drought
A first-hand account of deteriorating conditions in Northern Kenya
FEATURE-Sweden welcomes Salvadoran woman wrongly jailed for abortion in asylum first
On March 17, Maria Teresa Rivera became the first woman to be granted asylum in Sweden based on being wrongly jailed for defying an abortion ban
Malaysia passes child sex crimes law, does not ban child marriage
"They reach puberty at the age of nine or 12. And at that time, their body is already akin to them being 18 years old. So physically and spiritually, it is not a barrier for the girl to marry"