Saudi women join forces to champion the changing role of women
In the world's most gender-segregated nation, a women's empowerment charity says "Saudi Women Can"
Women prefer paid jobs to housework, and men agree, research shows
Worldwide, 70 percent of women and 66 percent of men would prefer that women work at paid jobs
INTERVIEW-British girls are being sold as child brides like I was
When Gabriella Gillespie was six her father killed her mother; when she was 13 he took her and her sisters to his native Yemen and sold them as child brides
INTERVIEW-"No time for trial and error" as Cape Town's mayor leads green push
LED streetlights, roof-top solar water heaters, and a push for Cape Town to get a fifth of its energy from renewables by 2020
Scandinavian banks fund Borneo rainforest abuses - campaigners
Seven banks have backed mining projects and palm oil plantations that caused rapid rainforest destruction and a human rights "crisis"
Survey finds most Tanzanians go hungry, despite government denials
Tanzanian President John Magufuli has accused opposition politicians of fomenting a "fake" hunger crisis
"Nuisance" floods may cost U.S. cities as much as major hurricane disasters - scientists
As climate change causes sea levels to rise, escalating costs from minor floods are expected to hit U.S. coastal cities
FEATURE-Latin American girls hack man's world of tech, science
“Boys think it’s easy for them and they expect to be smart in technology... it’s not expected for girls, and that’s reinforced by the education system quite often”
Israel's women combat soldiers on frontline of battle for equality
Military says wants to give women equal opportunities
Indian police widen probe into politicians' links to child trafficking
There has been recent spate of reports of trafficking of infants and children for adoption through charity-run child homes and private hospitals