5 facts you didn't know about women and children in crises
More than 80 million people are estimated to need humanitarian assistance in 2014, over three-quarters of them women and children. Here are 5 facts about women and children in crises.
SLIDESHOW: Fukushima's children
Many children in Fukushima prefecture, Japan, continue to be affected by the earthquake and tsunami that crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant three years ago
As Russian sanctions take hold, EU farmers pay the price
Tit-for-tat sanctions between Russia and the EU over Ukraine are hitting EU farmers
Eternally displaced: Afghanistan’s escalating crisis
In 2016 the conflict - a continued battle for control between beleaguered Afghan forces and both ISIS and the Taliban - has led to unprecedented levels of displacement, with 1.5 million internally-displaced and 3 million refugees. Almost 1 million people, half of whom are children, have already returned from Iran and Pakistan. At least half a million more are expected to return this year, despite a starkly deteriorating economic, political and security situation within the country.
Darfur's hopeful 12-year-olds
The ongoing conflict that erupted in Sudan's western Darfur region 12 years has not discouraged displaced youngsters who have lived up to their entire lives in refugee camps from dreaming big
5 facts you didn't know about women and land
Worldwide, over the past 50 years restrictions on women’s property rights have been reduced by half, yet still less than 20% of landholders are women. Here are 5 facts you didn't know about women and land:
Swaziland: livelihoods threatened as El Nino drought digs in
Affected by a prolonged drought, 201,000 people of Swaziland's population of 1.2 million face food and livelihoods insecurity