Straight shooter: Bangladeshi teen wins archery gold after defying child marriage
Ety Khatun, 14, the daughter of a sweet-seller, defied her parents attempts to marry her in 2016 as they struggled to get by in a remote village in western Bangladesh
OPINION: Zimbabwe’s hunger crisis - the epicentre of the global climate emergency
For Zimbabweans, the drought is compounded by an economic crisis of spiralling inflation, unemployment, chronic fuel shortages, and the collapse of essential services
Charity sues Kenya over treatment of trafficked Indian, Nepali women
The complaint says the women were made to stay in Kenya for months and testify against their traffickers, causing them psychological harm
Deadly factory fire highlights dangers facing India's migrant workers
"These are the migrant workers, who are regularly being pushed into the most hazardous and inhuman conditions of work," said a charity executive
Conserve or develop? Protecting floodplains could cut flood costs - researchers
Buying flood-prone U.S. land and protecting it from development would be far cheaper than paying later for flood damage to homes, say researchers
Activist Thunberg turns spotlight on indigenous struggle at climate summit
Indigenous activists argue that their communities contribute almost none of the fossil fuels emissions driving climate change, but bear the brunt of its effects
Land rights for indigenous people in India wins global prize
'Land is essential to their identity, their tradition and their livelihoods'
FACTBOX-Ten ways to have a greener Christmas celebration
From jumpers to trees: how to cut emissions and waste at Christmas
OPINION: Global groundwater – it is time to act
Increasingly under threat from overexploitation and contamination. we are joining 700+ global experts to call for action on groundwater
OPINION: Carbon markets headed for insanity at Madrid climate talks
Are lessons from the past set to be repeated under new rules due to be decided for Paris Agreement?