Clean, affordable housing will reduce exploitation of Indian textile workers - campaigners
"They are not allowed to leave the premises unescorted, visits from family are not encouraged and there have been numerous complaints of sexual harassment"
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
Girls turn poo to clean power in Cameroon biogas push
"We give practical training to girls in colleges on how energy is generated from the sun, water and human waste," says one training organisation
In Jordan hospital, mental trauma scars children blown apart by bombs
"You see war every day, you see their injuries, you see how it's affecting their lives - and sometimes it has an effect on you too"
FEATURE-Hawaii grandma's plea launches women's march in Washington
More than 125,000 people sign up to march in Washington on Jan. 21, the day after Trump's inauguration in support of women's rights
Business not yet doing enough to stop commodities destroying forests
"You're not even getting to the policies being in place, let alone implementation by 2020, so clearly there is still a long way to go"
Poverty, prejudice drive more women to join Boko Haram militants
"For some women trapped in domestic life, Boko Haram offers an escape"
In fear after attacks, gay Bangladeshis retreat into closet and flee abroad
"The whole community has been sent back to the closet... whatever we had been doing - it has been completely shut down. There is no movement, no visibility, no work."
"Unprecedented" numbers face severe hunger in South Sudan - U.N.
The country's hunger levels have doubled since last year
INTERVIEW-Give children a say in the planet's future: prize winner
"Once children know about what's going on in the world, they start asking what they can do to help save the planet"