Job snubs to forced surgery: India's 'invisible' intersex people
At least 10,000 intersex children are born each year in India, but they often face infanticide, mutilation and abandonment
Levis and Wrangler vow to protect women making jeans from sexual abuse
Garment manufacture has grown to become the largest formal sector employer in the landlocked southern African country over the last there decades, providing jobs to around 40,000 people
Pacific Islands leaders agree on climate plan with loopholes
Australia's prime minister was against adopting tough new climate standards, which has stoked tensions with its Pacific neighbours
OPINION: Solve land rights in Central America to stem U.S. migrant crisis
We do not need more detention centers. Our hard-earned tax dollars would be much better spent on development programs that secure land rights for Central American farmers
Kenya approves issuance of first green bond
The issue, by Nairobi-based property developer Acorn, will finance the construction of "sustainable and climate-resilient student" hostels
In flood-prone southern India, doctors tend mental scars of disasters
In Kerala state, authorities and mental health experts are providing community-based care for those struggling to deal with the trauma of flash floods and landslides
U.S. scientist to file whistleblower complaint after agency halts his climate work
George Luber, who ran the climate and health program at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, will file a complaint after his office was rolled into a bigger asthma program and he was ordered to drop work on climate issues
South India's kolam art helps women map business opportunities
The artistic mapping project has helped more than 5,000 women earn a sustainable income in six districts of Tamil Nadu
No country and no work: refugees despair at slow pace of Malaysia's reforms
Refugees in Malyasia are viewed as illegal migrants awaiting resettlement in a third country, and cannot officially access education or employment
U.S. government hears woeful testimony from 'heirs’ property' owners
The government is looking to address an arcane property law problem that has plagued some of the poorest U.S. communities for decades