Committee will examine for at least three months a bill proposing repeal of ban on female genital mutilation
April 2023
Sentence of Kenyan man convicted of role in Briton’s murder is quashed
David Tebbutt’s widow ‘delighted’ as court rules conviction of Ali Kololo for robbery with violence was unsafe
November 2022
Beyond 8 billion
How has the world’s population grown since 1950?
The number of people in the world has tripled in 70 years. In this visual explainer, we examine where the growth has been – and how it will change in the future
July 2022
Neglect Africa now and we will face labour shortages globally, IMF warns
West’s response to effects of Covid and Ukraine war condemned as shortsighted ‘collective failure’ to invest in future human capital
June 2022
The Black Sea blockade: mapping the impact of war in Ukraine on the world’s food supply – interactive
From vast grain stores stuck in Odesa to famine risk in Yemen, a visual guide to the far-reaching effects of Russia’s block on exports
December 2021
Activists call for revolution in ‘dated and colonial’ aid funding
Aspen Institute’s new voices want donors to exercise humility and trust grantees to know what their communities need
October 2021
Inside the Guardian
‘We’re all climate journalists now’: how the weather took over everything
From the business section to the food magazine, Guardian editors are becoming focused on one dominant story
June 2021
Billions pledged to tackle gender inequality at UN forum
End all legal barriers to abortion, say leading European politicians
May 2021
UK must reverse aid cuts ‘as soon as possible’ to help educate girls – Julia Gillard
Global shortfall of nearly 1m midwives due to failure to value role, study finds
April 2021
Biden urged to end US aid ‘abortion ban’
‘Devastating for women and girls’: UK cuts 85% in aid to UN family planning
March 2021
Coronavirus live
Greece to allow tourists with vaccines, antibodies or negative tests – as it happened
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Quarter of women and girls have been abused by a partner, says WHO
Largest such study finds domestic violence experienced by one-in-four teenage girls with worst levels faced by women in their 30s
