Volunteering itself isn't a bad thing, but as with most things there are good and bad examples of it. Examples of how young people can make a positive contribution to tackling poverty, which could guide them to choose the right opportunity to generate the right impact, are often overlooked.

Most population growth is happening in the developing world. The clue is in the name - many developing nations are on their way up. Endeavouring to curb population growth can only be a positive thing. Many of the actions we could take are intrinsically humanitarian in themselves.

Developed nations are doing more to tackle climate change than many people realise, according to a new report. Almost all of the 33 developed and ...

Global climate change is sending developing countries back into poverty after years of progress with children the biggest casualties. That's the vi...

Countries are gathering for the latest round of United Nations climate talks this week as warnings mount over the dangers of failing to tackle global ...

Developing countries face falling off a "climate finance cliff" because rich nations are failing to deliver promised money to help them cope with glob...

As she cradled her baby, just a few hours old, on the bed opposite me at the birth centre Natooro told me Kikome, her new daughter's name, meant 'cloudy' in Luganda, a local language spoken in Uganda.

A planned pregnancy is a life-affirming and often joyful choice made by women in the West. However in the developing world the decision to become ...

It is only by investing in both water and sanitation that the full health benefits of these services will be realised for the world's poorest people. We know that diarrhoea is the single biggest killer of children in sub-Saharan Africa and on current trends it will be around 200 years before Africa has universal access to both water and sanitation.

A few years ago, the Country Directors for Women for Women International in Congo and Rwanda were crossing the bridge that connects their two countries. The last 100 years have been about getting the vote and women in the west making many strides towards equality, though there is a long way to go. We don't want it to take 100 years, but we are now calling for all women to be equals - whether it's in parliaments, the boardroom and, in war-torn countries, on peace councils.

Every year, Human Rights Day spurs debate around the world about what constitutes a human right. Much-vaunted, often controversial, and little understood, it seems there's still a great deal of contention about which rights are most important.