FACTBOX - Will the Rio Olympics set a new world record for women athletes?
The 2012 Games were the first where women competed in every sport, but they only accounted for 44 percent of competitors
Witchdoctors, women outcasts and LGBT rights: reporting taboos
Challenging your own biases and revealing the taboos
Blood Mica
In the depths of India's illegal mica mines, where children as young as five work alongside adults, lurks a dark, hidden secret - the cover-up of child deaths
Our chance to tackle abuses in mica industry after years of violence, secrecy
"We are on the way to set out a clear path to eradicate child labor within five years and improve living conditions"
Thousands of Yazidis missing, captive, two years after start of "genocide" - U.N.
Yazidis are being held captive by Islamic State in Syria where many are used for sexual slavery or forced to fight
Q&A: A malaria-free Africa is in sight
Jakaya Kikwete, founding Chair of the African Leaders Malaria Alliance, speaks about the progress in the fight to eliminate malaria on the African continent
Civilian casualties highest in a year in Ukraine - UN rights boss
Scores of civilians have been killed or wounded in recent weeks from shelling, mines and booby traps
Burundi rejects U.N. police deployment after Security Council vote
About a quarter of a million people have fled the violence, which has alarmed neighbouring countries
Greece wants 'Plan B' after Turkey threatens to quit EU migrant deal - paper
Turkey has threatened to back out of an agreement designed to help stem the influx of migrants to Europe