Transgender women in India face bias despite laws, says activist
Alongside the right to marry and inherit property, transgender people in India are also eligible for quotas in jobs and educational institutions
Asia-Pacific loses steam in efforts to end hunger - study
With more than 60 percent of the world's hungry living in Asia-Pacific, the slower progress in the region has led to high global numbers of the chronically hungry
California lawmakers seek to fight Trump deportation efforts
"California celebrates diversity. We don't deport it"
California lawmakers seek to fight Trump deportation efforts
"California celebrates diversity. We don't deport it"
Kenya promises crackdown as teachers push for ban on UK-backed private schools
Teaching union urges ban on chain of low-cost private schools backed by Microsoft founder Bill Gates
Lentils, chickpeas can help reverse dangerous trend of soil erosion - U.N.
About a third of the world's soils are degraded because of soil erosion, contamination, urbanisation and other issues
Brazil to restore huge tract of degraded land in largest pledge of its kind
"We will create lands where farmers, society and the planet can benefit"
What does Jammeh's defeat mean for future of aid and development in Gambia?
More than 10,000 Gambians have arrived in Italy by sea this year
FEATURE-Life and death: Defending land rights in India is a dangerous job
Land is increasingly sought in India for industrial use and development projects, as one of the world's fastest growing major economies expands
U.N. launches record $22.2 billion humanitarian appeal for 2017
More than half of the money will be used to address the needs of people caught up in crises in Syria, Yemen, Iraq and South Sudan