5 facts you need to know about young people
There are 1.8 billion young people aged 10-24 in the world, making on quarter of the world's population. An estimated 515 million live on less than $2 a day.
#PledgeForParity - IWD 2016
Women play a key part in social, economic, cultural and political achievements. But progress towards gender parity has slowed in many places - gender parity is still a long way off.
5 facts you need to know about the Ebola virus
Ebola is suspected to have killed 101 people in Guinea in the last two months – the first fatal outbreak of the virus in West Africa. Here are 5 facts you need to know about the deadly virus.
A fair chance for every child
Deprivation in childhood touches every area of children’s lives, compromising their health, safety and education
5 facts about children and tuberculosis
More than half a million children fall ill with tuberculosis each year but the number could be twice as high because many cases are never diagnosed.
Waiting in Calais
Thousands of migrants camp in shanties around Calais, France, trying to board trucks and trains travelling through the Channel tunnel to England