Filmmaker reveals family's struggles, triumphs with transgender parent
"There's some sort of universal lesson to be learned about accepting or embracing other people or other families and just seeing us as any other family"
Girls spend 40 pct more time on unpaid household chores than boys - report
Because of this unequal burden of labour, girls sacrifice important opportunities to learn, grow, and just enjoy their childhood
Want to save the rainforest on the cheap? Give land to the indigenous, report says
Communities that own the territory are more likely to conserve the forest than other land users
Fears of cholera upsurge in Haiti after Hurricane Matthew, U.N. says
Hurricane Matthew severely damaged water supplies and sanitation systems in the Caribbean nation
U.S. transgender students sue school district over bathroom access
"I'm a girl. But I'm expected to use the boys' room?"
UK tsunami brothers combine charity, fashion and travel to fund children's homes
Orphaned by the 2004 tsunami, British brothers help fund projects in overseas children's homes to give back
Colombian war victim denounces lack of 'solidarity' after peace deal rejected
"We thought the part of society that has been least affected by the war would have shown solidarity towards those who have"
U.N. to make first aid delivery in months to Syrian refugees on Jordan border
More than 75,000 people have been stuck for months in makeshift camps in a no-man's land on the Syrian side of the border
EU official says activist defamation ruling casts "deep shadow" on Thai labour reforms
"This verdict sends shivers through Thailand's already nervous human rights and social rights community"
Violence hinders aid delivery in northern Central African Republic - agencies
There were more than 16 attacks on aid groups in the region in September