Afghan schools closing due to violence, undermining gains in educating girls, says rights group
After more than a decade and a half of international intervention in Afghanistan, two-thirds of Afghan girls still do not go to school
Midwives treated 'like civil servants' battle Cambodia's maternal deaths
"From my own experience, I know there is more risk in having a baby at home with a traditional birth attendant"
Asian nations struggle to meet global target to lower deaths in childbirth
An estimated 85,000 mothers died in 2015 from childbirth in the region, home to more than half of the world's population
Educated but not at work: lack of women in Middle East workforce hinders growth
Almost all girls in the Middle East and North Africa attend school, but women's participation in the workforce remains among the lowest in the world
With paper in hand, Indonesian maids fight exploitation
Maids in Indonesian are not considered formal workers, leaving them vulnerable to abuses and unprotected under local labour laws
"New India" vision cannot be realised unless child sex crimes are tackled - president
More than 9,000 children were reported to have been trafficked in 2016, a 27 percent rise from the previous year
Thousands of new Rohingya refugees flee violence, hunger in Myanmar to Bangladesh
Wading through waste-deep water with children strapped to their sides, the Rohingya had walked through bushes and forded monsoon-swollen streams for days from Myanmar
FACTBOX-Hunger not an "incurable disease", Pope says on World Food Day
Hunger levels have begun to rise for the first time in a decade, the United Nations says
We have a collective responsibility to halve food loss and waste
Wasting food harms our climate, costs the global economy billions of dollars and strains natural resources
Indonesia considers ban on 'destructive' LGBT-related TV content
Indonesia's parliament is considering national legislation that would ban lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender content from TV screens by the end of the year