Women have crashed through prejudices in the last 25 years, but some of us have chosen happiness over hard-won careers.

Aung San Suu Kyi knows all too well how Buddhism has played a major political role throughout Asia, both for good and bad.

Back in the heady days of 1970s feminism there was an argument that once women achieved political power, there would be no more war.

A campaign to clean up electronic companies’ mineral supply chains may ameliorate the chaos of ungovernable mining.

The US secretary of state’s pledge to invest in cleaner fuel-efficient stoves will save lives and protect the environment.

The anti-abortion lobby seems ready to sacrifice women’s lives rather than take the risk of such a use in Africa.

The figures tell their own extraordinary story. In 1974 an economics lecturer at the University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, lent $27 to a group of impoverished villagers. He went…

Here’s a dream. It’s the 2009 G7 summit and the photo call of the seven world leaders. All eyes are trained on the trio of women at the centre of the group: the United States…