Kenya's LGBT+ voices highlight abuses ahead of gay sex court verdict
Homosexuality is taboo in Kenya and persecution of sexual minorities is rife
Stay or go? As weather gets wilder, states urged to prepare for displacement
With disasters uprooting 24 million people a year, pressure grows on governments to reduce the risk, and do more to protect the displaced
FACTBOX - Alabama abortion ban triggers Twitter reaction storm
Celebrities, activists and politicians swarmed social media to air their opinions on a new law that totally bans abortion in Alabama
'Safe haven' for fleeing families hit by attacks in Burkina Faso
The violence is threatening to upend traditionally peaceful relations between the country's Muslims and Christians
#youknowme - women mobilise against U.S. abortion crackdown
Singer Lady Gaga and actresses Milla Jovovich and Cynthia Nixon join growing chorus of protest against tough new U.S. abortion laws
U.N. urges calm after protests by LGBT+ refugees in Kenya turn violent
Many LGBT+ refugees say they are not safe in Kenya as discrimination against sexual minorities is prevalent
Indonesia's transgender Muslims find safe haven for prayer during Ramadan
Transgender people are often stigmatised when they pray in mosques, where women and men are segregated
Alabama governor signs strictest U.S. abortion ban into law
U.S. abortion rights activists had already vowed to go to court to block enforcement of the Alabama measure, the strictest anti-abortion law yet enacted
In US, New York latest to say no to natural gas infrastructure plans
Natural gas consumption has been growing steadily across the United States
No sewing please, we're sex workers: Thai prostitutes battle stigma
Sex workers in Thailand have struggled to grow a movement to demand their human, civil and labour rights