Solar lamps aren’t new but they will have a growing role to play in providing inexpensive and safe evening lights in parts of the world without the money or grid access for electricity, or in places looking for more sustainable sources of light, experts said.

The recent launch of an FGM hotline has given British prosecutors hope that they may before long bring the first prosecution in a case of female genital mutilation - illegal in the UK for nearly 30 years but practised in secrecy

In the documentary, called SISTER, first-time director Brenda Davis turns the camera on women giving birth in dire conditions and on the health workers who stand by them

The prize - in five categories, each worth 10,000 euros to the winner - was launched by some of Europe's major media foundations to encourage quality journalism in countries across the continent

“It really, really doesn’t need to be like this,” an expert says of the maddeningly complicated documents

Ten years ago, businesses struggled to explain the link between sustainability principles and business, but an era of responsible corporate practices is dawning

OECD is leading the charge for reforms to prevent corporations from paying too little or no taxes, but who represents the developing countries?

An innovative project aims to build the awareness of children and young people about climate change and empower them to be agents of change in their communities

Better planning could give the poor of Madurai a better chance

Millions of people in our world today live in abject poverty, in part because they lack access to modern energy services

In achieving the MDGs, we face a serious management crisis -our inability to configure the already available resources to deliver intended outputs and outcomes

Breaking the logjam of innovation is one of the most urgent challenges for the next 850 days and beyond in achieving the Millennium Development Goals

How can we reach those women and children we are not yet able to reach?

Has anything in China changed since the last anti-corruption crackdown?

TI-UK's executive director asks whether it is possible to do business in China without contravening the UK Bribery Act and if the Chinese government is serious about tackling corruption?

Should retribution or reform be the leading consideration in punishing juveniles convicted of serious crimes in India? Wide-ranging debate after juvenile is found guilty in Delhi gang rape/murder case

Teaching a "landscape approach" to land use can help balance competing demands

Thieves cut off women’s hair at gunpoint to sell to beauty salons - a crime that can be seen as a symbol of violence against women and their bodies, and part of Venezuela’s damaging culture of beauty

From the war in Syria, to gang culture in the UK, to the rights of women and children from India to Guatemala, take a look at what our journalists are reporting on this week

Eight months on since the high-profile gang rape and murder of a student on a Delhi bus, reports have emerged that a similar crime has been committed against a photo journalist in an abandoned mill in the financial hub