Cities must lure private dollars fast to meet climate goals
"The scale of action that's required is absolutely enormous"
Nightmare looms for transgender Thais at army draft
"I was born male, so I must be here, as duty calls"
Drought in Kenya brings a surprise: More girls in school
Safety net of cash transfer payments helps persuade families that investing in girls makes good economic sense
Thousands of UK companies to report gender pay gap under new law
Closing Britain's pay gap could add 150 billion pounds ($187 billion) to the country's annual gross domestic product by 2025
As cities surge, careful planning needed for the 'invisible' poor
"How we set up all this infrastructure has to be carefully thought through," says one Rwandan architect
INTERVIEW-More community workers needed for the "last mile" on healthcare - doctor
A billion people don't have access to healthcare
Brazil's land titles programme improves Amazon forest protection - research
Land where title deeds had been distributed had 2 percent more forest left intact compared with territory lacking in titles
What ambition gap? Women as ambitious as men unless companies block them - study
"Ambition is not a fixed trait; it is an attribute that can be nurtured or damaged"
FEATURE-At war with the in-laws: Tanzania's evicted widows push for rights
Customary law in Tanzania states that widows have no right to inherit from their husbands
FEATURE-Sweden welcomes Salvadoran woman wrongly jailed for abortion in asylum first
On March 17, Maria Teresa Rivera became the first woman to be granted asylum in Sweden based on being wrongly jailed for defying an abortion ban