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Hague hails 'tremendous start' to sexual violence scheme set up with Jolie
Former foreign secretary says critics ignore ‘enormous progress’ made since since 2014 launch
‘US is moving backwards’: female genital mutilation ruling a blow to girls at risk
Campaigners say ruling will affect tens of thousands of girls, and could turn the 23 US states that do not have anti-FGM laws into ‘destination states’ for cutting
'I can't breathe': older women do double the unpaid work of men, says study
Study of 31 countries finds women over 60 undertake domestic and care work spanning up to to seven hours a day
World Bank pulls $300m Tanzania loan over pregnant schoolgirl ban
Policy that denies schooling to young mothers cited among key reasons for withdrawing education fund
Act now or a billion young Africans will be undone by 2050 – Mandela widow
Graça Machel warns ‘toxic combination’ of poor nutrition and lack of education pose major threat to future peace and prosperity
Penny Mordaunt confronted on stage by protester over failings on aid sex abuse
Development secretary allows demonstrator to address audience at event called in response to Oxfam scandal
Drug trafficking at sea is devastating island states, ministers say
Ministers of island states call for help in tackling organised crime in the fishing industry, which they say is harming both the environment and human rights
Strict parents and social stigma limit mobile use for girls in poor countries
Online safety and digital literacy compromised by challenges teenage girls face in accessing mobile technology, finds study
Paloma Faith: 'Theresa May is criticised all the time because she's a woman'
Singer campaigning for gender equality contrasts ridicule of May’s dancing with positive reaction to Tony Blair’s taste for rock music
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Paloma Faith: 'Theresa May is criticised all the time because she's a woman. I'm not worried about her dancing, I'm worried about her policies"
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Penny Mordaunt's planned shake-up of aid rules condemned as 'big risk'
Experts decry proposals that would allow profits from private sector arm of DfID to count towards 0.7% annual aid spend
Huge rise in US plastic waste shipments to poor countries following China ban
Beijing’s crackdown on foreign waste prompts redirection of US recycling to developing countries in south-east Asia
‘Without drug traffickers, we’d have peace’: Colombian villagers flee new killings
Two years after the end of the guerrilla war that killed 220,000, other players have moved in on the drugs trade, with poor local children now being bribed to take up arms
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‘Without drug traffickers, we’d have peace’: Colombian villagers flee new killings
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Starvation: a weapon of war that could kill 590,000 children by the end of 2018
Save the Children says two thirds of infants in conflict zones are not being treated for life-threatening hunger
Absence of Mediterranean rescue boats prompts death toll warning
Exclusive: There have been no migrant rescue boats at sea since 26 August - the longest period since operations began in 2015
Global hunger levels rising due to extreme weather, UN warns
Progress made in the past decade has been reversed, with climate extremes such as droughts and floods identified as a main cause
Tropical disease outbreaks are growing threat in Europe as temperatures rise
After West Nile virus kills 22 people in heatwave, experts warn of more mosquito and tick-borne diseases due to climate change
'I didn't want this to be a taboo': the fight for Kosovan women raped during the war
An artist, an activist and a former president have helped secure a landmark victory for thousands of Kosovans, as the state finally agrees to pay them war pensions
After two decades, the hidden victims of the Kosovo war are finally recognised
Women who survived rape and sexual violence in the Kosovo conflict have long lived in the shadows. Now, belatedly, they are eligible for a war pension
Ebola returns to Congo only days after previous outbreak was declared over
Staff and supplies deployed to North Kivu province as health ministry announces four positive tests for deadly virus
Sajid Javid urged to halt Serco eviction of Glasgow asylum seekers
City council and MPs demand help for more than 300 people who have been told they cannot stay in Britain