FEATURE-Girls freed from Mumbai's brothels learn Hindi to retrace trafficking routes
Illiteracy is a major obstacle to anti-trafficking efforts with most trafficked girls having never been to school or forced to drop out early
Indian sex worker groups slam global conference on abolition of prostitution
Sex workers' groups in India say not all women in the trade are victims or trafficked sex slaves
I am a ‘gross’ ‘bully’ who should be ‘dead’. Would corporate America save me?
At a time when leaders, laws and sentiment seem to be changing, will corporate America continue to fight for LGBT rights?
From seeds to markets, maize alternatives face challenges in Zimbabwe
As drought hits maize production, sorghum, millet and other small grains could take over - if the path is cleared for them, experts say
Photographer captures deadly battle for land and environment in Thailand
"You can't stop a project like this... To stop a project like this would be an injustice to those who were killed later"
Bigger land holdings key to preventing farmer suicides in India, activists say
"We want an overhaul in the farm policy, as there has been a fundamental shift in agriculture that is leaving farmers destitute"
UK asylum seeker housing a vermin-infested "disgrace", lawmakers say
Housing infested with mice, rats or bed bugs, asylum seekers given broken beds, families with young children share accommodation with strangers
New York governor calls for amending state constitution for abortion rights
There were 29.6 abortions per 1,000 women in New York in 2014, compared to 14.6 abortions per 1,000 women nationally
First ladies vow to fight "barbaric" genital mutilation in W. Africa
"FGM is a barbaric practice"
Global sex trade thrives off indigenous, tribal and low-caste women
"Always you will find it is people who are from the most impoverished and most disadvantaged communities, who are drawn into prostitution"