With few green spaces, Bangkok plants Asia's biggest rooftop farm
The space, atop one of Thailand's oldest universities, mimics rice terraces and can help curb some of the impacts of climate change, say landscapers
Refugee girls in Chad embrace school as path to university opens up
Only one in four Chadian boys and half as many girls attend secondary school, with poverty, lack of access and child marriage contributing to the low rates
FACTBOX-Five ways women protested against sexual violence this year
More than one in three women will be a victim of violence in their lifetime, according to the UN
From Brazil to Cambodia, conflicts flaring over land, water
Conflicts over land and water flared across the world in 2019 amid greater competition for resources and increasing hostility towards farmers and indigenous people, according to reports
U.S. Supreme Court leaves in place Kentucky abortion restriction
Kentucky requires a physician to perform the ultrasound and position the screen so the woman can view the images of the fetus
Youth urge adults to stop 'acting like children' on climate change
Efforts to involve young people in climate policy making, and respect their rights, need to be stepped up, officials urge
Winds of hunger: Simultaneous heatwaves could batter food-growing countries
Waves in the planet's jet stream, combined with hotter climate-driven temperatures, could threaten crops in multiple regions at once, researchers warn
Straight shooter: Bangladeshi teen wins archery gold after defying child marriage
Ety Khatun, 14, the daughter of a sweet-seller, defied her parents attempts to marry her in 2016 as they struggled to get by in a remote village in western Bangladesh
Charity sues Kenya over treatment of trafficked Indian, Nepali women
The complaint says the women were made to stay in Kenya for months and testify against their traffickers, causing them psychological harm
Deadly factory fire highlights dangers facing India's migrant workers
"These are the migrant workers, who are regularly being pushed into the most hazardous and inhuman conditions of work," said a charity executive