Are new smartphone disease trackers missing a key target: women?
Across low- and middle-income countries, 313 million fewer women than men use mobile internet, representing a gender gap of 23 per cent
New boys in town: the drag kings rewriting the rules of masculinity
Drag Kings say they want to challenge stereotypes of masculinity, amid a cultural shift over gender
Critics say 'Thank U, Next' to Ariana Grande for UK pride headliner
The Manchester Pride headline slot should have been given to an LGBT+ artist, critics said
Norway's wealth fund ditches 33 palm oil firms over deforestation
Norway signed a $1-billion deal with Indonesia to help protect its tropical forests in 2010, and the first payment for reduced emissions was agreed last week
Govt plea sees India's top court halt eviction of millions of forest-dwellers
A growing population and increasing demand for industrial projects are placing greater stress on land in India
Indian fishermen welcome U.S. Supreme Court's power plant verdict
Indian fishermen and farmers filed the lawsuit against a World Bank arm over the funding of a coal power plant they hold responsible for damaging the environment
Trafficking threat no deterrent for Rohingya refugees dreaming of Malaysia
Many Rohingya refugees are desperate to to reach Malaysia before the start of the looming monsoon season, leaving law enforcement on high alert as traffickers seek to cash in
Kazakh teens enslaved in Russia as sisters, leave as mothers
Dogged by discrimination, stigma, and trauma, and in need of healthcare and housing, many survivors worldwide struggle to cope in the aftermath of slavery
'We risk losing a whole generation', aid groups warn amid Sahel education crisis
Almost 2,000 schools have been closed in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger, as heightened security fears and poverty have left more than 400,000 children without education
Women have only three quarters of economic rights of men, finds World Bank
Discriminatory laws mean women are held back from gaining economic independence and also contribute to a loss of $160 trillion in lost earnings worldwide each year