Female genital mutilation around the world: a fine, jail or no crime?
Report highlights major gaps in legislation across countries in Africa where FGM is prevalent.
African countries urged to toughen laws on female genital mutilation
Six countries which are home to 16 mln girls - Chad, Liberia, Mali, Sierra Leone, Somalia and Sudan - still do not even criminalise FGM
Ban Ki-moon, Gates lend muscle to help world weather climate change
High-powered commission aims to strengthen funding and practical solutions for people and economies coping with climate change
As water bank runs dry, Uganda greens hills to soak up rain
Faced with groundwater depletion, Uganda is restoring its wetlands and planting millions of trees to improve supply
Rising temperatures will mean more deaths globally, say scientists
"We are on a trajectory to reach over 3 degrees C of warming, and if this trend continues there would be serious consequences for health in many parts of the world"
EXCLUSIVE-Erratic aid spending could derail drive to end slavery by 2030
Research found that some of the countries receiving the most anti-slavery aid were not the nations estimated to be the most affected by modern slavery
With 'worm juice,' Kenya's farmers boost their soil - and harvests
Prolonged drought and storm-related flooding have combined to erode fertile soils in rural parts of Kenya
Harassment, anxiety and debt: the working life of young British women
Men on average earn 18.4 percent more than women, according to government data
Stop, check and call: How Nepal's women 'human interceptors' catch traffickers
South Asia is the fastest-growing and second-largest region for human trafficking in the world
New Moroccan law fails to protect women from forced marriage - activists
The new law criminalises "harassment, aggression, sexual exploitation or ill treatment of women"