'Cowardly attack' exposes Colombia activists in firing line
An award-winning Colombian environmentalist and others survived an attack against them involving grenades and gunfire, sparking widespread concern
Philippines cybersex crackdown sparks concern over care for child victims
A new global taskforce has this year been tracking down and rescuing children abused online as it works through a backlog of hundreds of cases
The bitch is back? UK film festival sparks debate over use of term
From Cersei Lannister in "Game of Thrones" to Queen Anne in "The Favourite", a slew of nasty women are winning kudos in popular film and television
OPINION: Why midwives should stand up and fight for women's rights
I urge midwives to stop being well behaved and to take on their duty to advocate for women’s rights to a good birth
The poorest in Guatemala bear brunt of climate change, research says
Farmers living in poor rural communities are most affected by rising heat and unpredictable rainfall, researchers say
INTERVIEW-Green Climate Fund must take risks in warming fight, says new head
The Green Climate Fund (GCF), set up by U.N. climate talks in 2010, began approving projects in 2015 to help poorer nations develop cleanly and cope with wilder weather and rising seas
India rescues bonded workers after voting awareness campaigners raise alarm
After they raised the alarm 39 people who had been enslaved for a year at a plantation in the southern state of Tamil Nadu were rescued, 17 of them children
Malaysia's first female top judge is 'big step' for women's justice
Women's rights groups hope the appointment will help tackle the low conviction rates in cases like rape and domestic violence
From beans to gooseberry, rice-mad Myanmar eyes healthier diet
Myanmar has embarked on a five-year nutrition plan to alter the nation's eating habits, which includes the need to diversify the nation's agriculture
Bangladeshi street kids bowled over by cricket World Cup chance
Tournament aims to draw attention to youth homelessness, a problem experts say leaves young people at risk of abuse and trafficking in many parts of the world