Indian girls to stage human trafficking drama at top arts festival
Aged from 13 to 22, the actors are all daughters of sex workers and trafficking survivors from Mumbai's red-light district
Syria opens its first solar-powered hospital aiming to save more lives
If there is a complete fuel outage, the solar system can power the hospital for up to 24 hours without diesel
Rural India needs solar power for more than just lighting, study finds
Power for businesses and appliances - not just lights - is needed to bring real change in rural India, researchers find
Big data maps India's human traffic hot spots
Specially designed technology identifies villages that are most at risk of modern slavery, then launches local campaigns to sound the alarm
From home help to driver, new class of Indian home owner
"The housing problem is very real and visible. There is certainly aspiration to own a home, but without finance, there is no way to realise the aspiration"
Environmentalists urge Brazil's president not to rollback Amazon protection
The proposal to remove nearly 600,000 hectares of forest from three protected areas in the Amazon and Atlantic rainforest has been approved by Brazil's Senate
FEATURE-Lombok villagers beat poverty with tortilla chips and mangroves
A project that is helping women produce snacks from local ingredients and restoring coastal mangroves brings economic benefits in eastern Indonesia
Volcanic rock stoves cook food - and protect forests - in Uganda
Heat-holding rocks dramatically reduce the amount of cooking fuel needed - and solar panels provide electricity as well
Syrian refugee rape survivor turns pain into power: 'I have to spread this message'
"Please mom, for God's sake please take off your clothes," Sarah said her 11-year-old daughter begged her, fearing the armed men that stormed their basement shelter would kill them
Attacked for body parts, Tanzanian albino children get new limbs in US
Four Tanzanian children with albinism are in the U.S. to get prosthetic limbs to replace those hacked off in superstition-driven attacks in their homeland