Women’s rights activists in the Gambia are insisting that more than 30 years of campaigning to raise awareness should be sufficient to move the government to outlaw female genital mutilation (FMG).
With a population of over 1.2 million people spread across 14 government districts, the suburbs of western Sydney have long been perceived as the impoverished “other half” of Australia’s economic, ...
Rural women in Latin America continue to face serious obstacles to land tenure, which leave them vulnerable, despite their growing importance in food production and food security. An organisation that ...
An eerie calm prevails over Pithampur, a town 250 km (155 miles) away from Bhopal, the capital of the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. This town witnessed widespread protests for three days ...
Global deforestation remains a pressing concern, but in Indonesia, home to the world’s third-largest tropical rainforest, deforestation rates remain below their peak from 8–10 years ago, despite chall ...
The world economy has made significant strides in mitigating inflation, unemployment, and poverty. Despite this, global ...
That one in three Africans will not be counted as countries failing to meet census deadlines is a huge setback for development planning.
India has surged forward as the world’s fifth-largest economy and has now surpassed China to claim the title of the most populous nation. However, this rapid ascent is not without its challenges; ...