Taboos and ancient traditions help one community protect Kenya's forests
The Yiaaku are using traditional knowledge to take care of tree and plant cover while adopting new livelihoods such as keeping bees and livestock to protect animals from hunting
FEATURE-Mexico's slavery survivors defy stigma on road to recovery
"There is no part of my body without scars"
Climate change threatens to double malaria risk from African dams, say researchers
Without prevention measures, the number of malaria cases associated with dams could triple to nearly 3 million a year
FEATURE-HIV-positive Ugandan women complain of forced sterilisation in government hospitals
"I didn't know until later that I had been sterilised. I found out when I visited a clinic because I kept getting stomach pains"
In vigil for drowned Syrian boy, Britain urged to take in 400 children from Calais camp
"How can it be argued that Britain cannot cope in providing new homes for these children?"
New law to give marginalised Kenyan communities land titles
Community Land Bill lays out the steps for communities to acquire titles to their ancestral land
ANALYSIS-Can "protected areas" offer a safe haven for indigenous peoples?
"There are still a lot of indigenous people who have been evicted - and are still being evicted - from their territories because of the creation of national parks"
INTERVIEW-The woman behind Brazil's domestic violence law: 'I can't give up the fight'
Statistics show in Brazil a woman is killed every two hours
INTERVIEW-Conflict in eastern India makes it harder for women to claim land rights
Women who make claims to land are often subject to violence, with families even hiring militants to evict them
Migrants lured by sex into Egypt's backstreet kidney trade, says report
Prostitutes tempt migrants to sell their kidneys as hospitals turn a blind eye to illicit dealing in donated organs for transplants