UK launches 'rapid response' network for faster aid
Pre-approved aid groups and businesses will be able to access government funds within hours of a disaster striking
VIDEOS: Fighting maternal deaths worldwide
Fifteen percent of all pregnancies worldwide will experience a life-threatening complication. The most critical moment is delivery: the majority of maternal deaths occur just before, during, or just after delivery, often from complications that cannot be predicted.
Designer chicken could help empower Africa's rural women
Kenyan geneticist developing disease-resistant chicken with high egg yield
INDIA: Sri Lankan Refugees Set to Graduate from Unique Training Program
This April, 450 Sri Lankan Tamil refugees are set to graduate from a unique vocational training program in southern India designed especially for them. The class of 2012 will be only the second to graduate from the "New Beginnings" program developed by Salesian Missions and funded by the U.S. Department of State's Bureau of Population, Refugees, and Migration.
Education Transforms Lives of Sudanese Women - LWF South Sudan
Only one in six women in South Sudan are fortunate enough to have an education
Mothers globally face barriers to register child births
Millions of children could be going unregistered as mothers around the world face widespread discrimination when it comes to birth registration, says child rights organisation Plan International.
INTERVIEW-Rural teen girls key to global development
Many adolescent girls in poor rural areas don't attend school, and are neglected by society and aid groups alike, says gender expert
Improving African markets key to better food security - book
More access to credit, cutting red tape and improving storage and food processing all could help cut hunger crises in the region, the authors say
FEATURE-Mystery disease devastates northern Uganda
Named after its seizure-like episodes of head nodding, the disease, which mostly affects children between five and 15, has killed more than 200 children in Uganda in the past three years