Less than half of refugee children enrolled in school - U.N.
What little education is available is often in poorly constructed temporary shelters or in the open air
Half of British teenagers struggling with sexuality have self-harmed - report
Homophobic bullying and "highly gendered" environments are adding to pressure on young people struggling with their sexuality
Egypt's top Muslim authority condemns harassment of women
Cairo was named most dangerous megacity for women in an international perception poll carried out by the Thomson Reuters Foundation last year
Nigerian schoolgirl kidnapped by Boko Haram begs for freedom
"People should help to put pressure on the Nigerian government concerning her release"
Honduran minority fights for a threatened way of life
A thriving community for the Garifuna minority is fighting against what they see as a concerted effort to drive them from their ancestral lands
In a posh Bangkok neighbourhood, residents trade energy with blockchain
The pilot project is among the world's largest peer-to-peer renewable energy trading platforms using blockchain
In battles over land rights, activists are branded as criminals - UN
Last year, more than 200 activists were killed, the highest since 2002
Liberia set to secure ancestral land rights with long-awaited law
Most of Liberia's 5 million people have only customary rights to the land they live on
Rising carbon levels threaten diets of hundreds of millions of poor
By 2050, nearly 300 mln people could lack enough zinc or protein and 1.4 bln women and children will be vulnerable to iron deficiency
On foot, Venezuela's poor seek better lives across South America
Colombia has taken in the highest number of Venezuelans, about 870,000, and growing numbers are spreading across South America