The author and activist Tsitsi Dangarembga writes about a young woman’s fight for the right to female self-determination in Zimbabwe

Women and men report on the hardship of being involuntarily childless in Burundi

Zimbabwe’s ruling party is blamed to indoctrinate teachers for its cause

Thanks to telemedicine, remote communities in the Amazon get medical advice in their region

In disasters, the civil society organisation World Vision uses the “Last Mile Mobile Solutions” system to register those in need and get them assistance

Smart Girls Foundation, a social enterprise, trains girls in areas like machinery welding, automotive mechanics and electric installation

Illegal immigrants face despicable conditions on their journeys and many end up dead or suffering life-threatening conditions in Zambia

A working mother of five reports how she organises childcare despite expensive day-care in Burundi

Disappointed in government-funded education, even poor parents increasingly opt for private schools

The lives of young women in Nepal are determined by traditions and taboos, even though the constitution guarantees them equal rights