Slow change come to Cuba
A year after Cuba and the United States agreed to restore diplomatic relations, changes are creeping into Havana as the people hope for economic improvements
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
The thousand widows of Maiduguri
Thousands of women have lost their husbands to the conflict between Boko Haram and the Nigerian army
Ms Kalashnikovs: Meet Congo’s fearless women fighters
"Ms Kalashnikov", a stunning photo series by photographer Francesca Tosarelli captures the unexpected face of conflict in eastern Congo: fearless women fighters
PHOTOBLOG: Menstruating women banished once a month
Chaupadi is the practice of treating women as impure and untouchable when they menstruate. When they go through their monthly cycle, they are not allowed to enter a house or pass by a temple. They cannot use public water sources, touch livestock, attend social events like weddings, or touch others. The practice is the same whether it’s March 8 or any other time of the year
In Kenya, FGM tradition runs deeper than law
The practice of female genital mutilation continues in Kenya despite a government ban in 2011, particularly among poor families in rural areas
SLIDESHOW: Fukushima's children
Many children in Fukushima prefecture, Japan, continue to be affected by the earthquake and tsunami that crippled the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant three years ago