FEATURE-India's Muslim women fight tradition and family for right to property
"Challenging inheritance rights means challenging the patriarchy, challenging the very notions of family and relationships"
Nepal quake recovery, done right, could ease migration pressure
"It is an opportunity for Nepal's leaders to pivot from an unsustainable trajectory of dependence on labour migration toward domestic job creation and a more inclusive vision of economic growth"
Climate change deepening Horn of Africa's hunger crisis, Oxfam says
About 12 million people in Ethiopia, Kenya and Somalia are at risk of hunger due to recurring droughts
As farms dry up, Kenyan women switch to clean energy businesses
Clean energy businesses are giving women steady income and protecting forests, which in turn help stave off drought
INTERVIEW-Put a price on the costs of disasters, says U.N. risk chief
"As long as the costs of disasters are invisible, it is very easy to ignore them, and it's very hard to make the case to spend money on prevention"
As land conflicts rise, clean energy investors face financial risks
As countries rush to meet clean energy goals and investors try to make profits, conflict over land is growing
Britain to take in more child migrants, charities say thousands in danger
Over 200 children have already been brought to Britain from France under the Dubs scheme
Europe's meat and dairy farming vulnerable as climate change worsens water scarcity - study
"The EU's economy is dependent on the availability of water in other parts of the world"
Can crowd funding help scale up solar power for Africa's poor?
Crowd funding investments in developing countries are predicted to exceed $96 billion a year within a decade - World Bank
Mobile phones make reporters of Indian villagers to fix problems
"This is a platform for people on the wrong side of the digital divide, a more democratic medium"