Millions of children at risk as countries fail to tackle malnutrition - report
Countries need to step up their response to the problem of malnourishment, says a report from Save the Children and World Vision.
Sudanese refugees risk disease in crowded, flooded camps
During a year of conflict in Sudan's Blue Nile state, 109,000 people have fled over the border to four camps in South Sudan
Six actions can fast-track women in Asia-Pacific politics - UNDP
It could be 50 years before parliaments in the Asia-Pacific region achieve gender balance, UNDP says in a report
Kenya to be hit by floods, droughts due to extreme weather - Oxfam
Northern Kenya is vulnerable to food security as the land is semi-arid and livestock are regularly wiped out by recurring droughts
TrustLaw Women in brief 20 September, 2012: a weekly news digest on women's rights
Our weekly round-up of women's rights news from TrustLaw and other media
UN set to ban female genital cutting
Campaigners say resolution will help end barbaric practice forced on millions of girls each year
Need funding for your social enterprise? Get your legal structure right
What type of legal structure a social enterprise has determines what kind of funding it can attract
Protecting mangroves cheaper than building coastal protection - official
"Our message is, 'Don't assume that man-made or engineered solutions are the only ones,'" urges top conservation official
Free jailed Afghan women fleeing forced marriages - group
Many of Afghanistan's female prisoners are incarcerated for "moral crimes", according to Human Rights Watch