Asia
For many Americans, Afghanistan is a country shrouded in mystery, particularly its women, literally shrouded under a burka, silent and seemingly impenetrable.
In Indonesia and the Philippines, explosive growth and rapid modernization test religious belief and attitudes toward family planning.
The Catholic Church claimed a victory in March when the Supreme Court put a 120-day hold on the implementation of a new reproductive health law that would provide contraceptives to poor families.
In parts of rural Nepal women and girls are segregated from their families during menstruation. A look at historical context of this practice and the slow pace of social change.
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In far western Nepal, many believe that women who are menstruating are impure and bring bad luck. And so they are exiled each month, leaving them vulnerable to rape and other horrors.
Photojournalist Sean Gallagher talks about climate change and environmental degradation on the Tibetan Plateau.
More than one in three people are employed as temporary workers in Japan today. At least 2,700 people with irregular jobs live in internet cafes because they cannot afford to live in an apartment.
Tajikistan's president is staking the future of his impoverished country on the world's tallest dam. But downstream Uzbekistan is threatening war.
Grantee Joshua Kucera talks about Tajikistan's pursuit of stability, which lately is taking one step forward, two steps back.
A reminder for world leaders meeting in Kuala Lumpur for the Women Deliver Conference to remember the complexity of women's voices from the field.
Pakistan's trucking industry supports more than just truckers.
Chronically unstable and corrupt — and now bracing for more chaos from Afghanistan — Tajikistan's president is staking his country's future on the biggest dam in the world.