From students and academics to housewives and street traders, women came out in force to protest against...
The region has the world's lowest per capita forest area of 19% compared to the global average of...
Rohingya lawyer Razia Sultana said there was a lack of hope among the refugees
A growing population and increasing demand for industrial projects are placing greater stress on land...
The practice of "chhaupadi" banishes menstruating girls and women to animal sheds or huts for...
Bangladesh, Indonesia and Nepal are the top providers of Malaysia's nearly 2 million registered migrant...
The Southeast Asian nation relies heavily on foreign workers for jobs usually shunned by locals
The tiny particles ingested from polluted air shorten life more than first-hand cigarette smoke
The movement is newly taking hold in India, where one Bollywood actress's complaint of sexual misconduct...
'Watching thousands of people crossing the border every day is not easy'
Humanitarians are trying innovative projects to counter rumours and let refugees know how to access healthcare...
The Southeast Asian nation relies heavily on foreign domestic helpers as well as labourers from countries...
The right of indigenous people to land and territories is protected by international legal conventions...
The latest wave of sexual misconduct claims in China emerged last month after Lei Chuang, the founder...
China, Pakistan, North Korea and Nigeria rounded out the top five nations with the largest number of...
Germany expects to spend around €78 billion on migration-related issues through 2022, with social...
For every $10 climate-vulnerable countries paid in interest over the past decade, $1 was attributable...
In disaster-prone Bangladesh, all the country's 329 municipalities have agreed to join the UN's...
The new pact is a three-year extension of the Bangladesh Accord, a legally-binding agreement between...
Authorities rescued a girl who had been married off and then forced to work without wages on a farm,...
The poor Himalayan country has just over 2,600 doctors - less than one for every 10,000 people - and...
