Bhopal – 30 years on
Thirty years after the Bhopal gas disaster, a look at the people and places affected by one of the world’s worst industrial accidents
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.
5 facts you need to know about violence against aid workers
2013 set a record for violence against civilian aid operations, with 251 attacks affecting 460 aid workers. Here are 5 facts you need to know about violence against aid workers
5 facts you need to know about human trafficking
Trafficking for forced labour accounts for 36% of all trafficking cases. Forced labour generates $150 billion in illegal profits per year. Here are 5 facts about trafficking
Sustainable design
Designing and building homes, buildings and devices that efficiently use energy and resources is a key way of dealing with climate change - and making lives better
Charting the decline of hunger
Latest U.N. report on food security provides a graphic glimpse at how hunger has fallen since 1990 - and at how large the problem still looms in parts of the world
The world's most dangerous countries for women 2011 - POLL
From rape and domestic violence to lack of healthcare and education, millions of women experience daily peril, but nowhere more than in the five countries a TrustLaw expert poll identifies as the world's most dangerous countries to be female in 2011: Afghanistan, Democratic Republic of Congo, Pakistan, India and Somalia.
5 facts you need to know about poverty
Globally, over 1 bln people live in extreme poverty on less that $1.25 a day. That’s 14.5% of the world’s population. Here are 5 facts you need to know about poverty