Rural and urban communities in India are being told that violence against women is unacceptable.

Anuradha Kapoor, Director of Swayam, a women’s rights organization based in Kolkata says that positive change is underway but that women need to speak out more on the issue.

Growing up in a feminist home with supportive parents who wanted to see their daughters succeed is what a top UN official says gave her the opportunity to become a woman of achievement.

The way the international community has been responding to the HIV/AIDS pandemic over thirty years can provide lessons on how to tackle critical disease outbreaks and other pandemics in the future.

The international community has been meeting at the United Nations in Vienna to discuss how best to improve safety at nuclear power plants.