Pakistan garment industry reforms fail to stop abuses - activists
Despite a series of reforms following deadly factory fires and protests, many of Pakistan's 15 mln garment workers struggle with poor working conditions and face threats if they try to unionise
Australia's 'Battered Wife' cafe to close after name causes backlash
Women's rights groups have accused the owners of trivialising domestic abuse
Zimbabwe seeks wiser ways to use water amid erratic rains
Farmers who rely on free rainfall struggle to buy water to irrigate crops, while Bulawayo city is mulling restrictions on use in homes
Burning issue: can tech innovators save South Africa's 'fire capital'?
A team of South African entrepreneurs have developed two innovations to save both lives and homes
Companies must commit to workplace equality - senior business leaders
"If we do not tap into different pools of talent and have that culture of equality, we're not going to be the best for our clients"
Prince William turns interviewer in Davos appearance with Attenborough
"We are now so numerous, so powerful, so all-pervasive…that we can actually exterminate whole ecosystems without even noticing it"
Lawmakers urge UK to punish big companies that fail to tackle modern slavery
A lack of enforcement and penalties have resulted in many companies flouting the law, according to a review of the landmark legislation
Can panic alarms save women in Mexico City?
Mexico has one of the world's highest rates of femicide - the killing of a woman by a man because of her gender - according to the United Nations
The many lives of land in India
In a multi-dimensional perspective, land moves in and out of commodity status, and is far from just a marketable product