Living off trash: South Africa's waste pickers reclaim the streets
Reclaimers recycle 80 to 90% of plastic and packaging in South Africa, saving authorities up to 750 million Rand ($53 million) in landfill costs
Pakistan races to protect mountain villages from runaway glaciers
As some glaciers advance and others retreat, lakes of meltwater are forming that threaten mountain communities - but a new project aims to keep them safe from floods
Enslaved for decades, indigenous Indians freed by land titles
Across India, tens of thousands of indigenous people continue waging individual battles for small patches of land to which they have an ancestral claim
INTERVIEW-U.N. reform needed to stop companies fighting climate rules - Nobel laureate Stiglitz
Investor state dispute settlement cases risk having a "chilling effect" on implementing the stringent climate regulations required to fulfill a pact to curb global warming
Millions at risk of child labour in manufacturing hubs, say researchers
There are about 150 million child labourers around the world, the majority working on farms in Africa and Asia
Denied abortions, Latin American rape victims forced to be mothers, groups argue
Mostly Catholic, Latin America and the Caribbean have some of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world, often only allowing the procedure under the most limited circumstances
Melting glaciers threaten Asia's drought buffer, scientists warn
At least a third of the ice in the Himalayas and the Hindu Kush will thaw by 2100, even if governments take tough action to limit global warming
In Nigeria, empowering women means exposing them to violence
A World Bank study found there was a substantial risk of 'backlash', particularly by intimate partners, as women gain independence or their financial contributions increase
INTERVIEW - 'Black Widow' gangs warned after El Salvador forced marriage bust
The unprecedented case involved three young women who were forced to marry, and whose husbands were killed by gang members after a month or so of marriage
After Grammy win, Childish Gambino dancer leads African #DanceforChange
Choreographer Sherrie Silver's latest project features her dancing on a farm with young Cameroonians in a bid to help end poverty and hunger