Nurith Aizenman

At this week's presidential debate, Donald Trump compared growth rates in the three countries. Here's what the experts have to say.

This Friday the U.N. holds a star-studded ceremony to appoint Wonder Woman its honorary ambassador for the empowerment of women and girls. Many women's rights advocates are in an uproar.

A new study tests an intriguing strategy. Can a melodramatic movie change minds about a dangerous but longstanding ritual?

There's a talent competition. A tiara for the winner. And a chance for people with HIV to speak out despite the stigma they face.

The U.N. has set the goal of eliminating extreme poverty and reducing the toll of disease by 2030. But there's a surprising obstacle.

It's a country of booming urban centers and poor and lawless rural regions. A pending peace deal between the government and the guerrillas promises to end this divide.

How Jacqueline de Chollet of Switzerland came to team up with a college student in India to save girls from a life of servitude.

He married her off at age 15 to a man in his 40s with a reputation as a heavy drinker. In his quest to undo the deed, he has started a revolution in his Northern India village.

She was paralyzed by polio. So why did her school put her in a class for the intellectually disabled? Then one for the blind. Then one for the deaf.

How much bang for their buck do citizens actually get out of their nation's total wealth?

The El Niño weather phenomenon brought weather disasters to people across the globe — hitting those in southern Africa particularly hard — before it waned this spring. Now, that region is bracing for the possible start of El Niño's counterpart: La Niña.

El Nino ruined this spring's harvest. Can food aid — and maize seeds — be delivered in time?

It's the largest found in over a century and is valued at $70 million. How much do sales like this help the country?

A new study offers some intriguing clues.

She was abducted at age 11 by Joseph Kony's rebels and forced to bear his children. It took Evelyn Amony years to recover. Now she works to help other women caught up in conflict.

A study offers a rare look at how well toddlers are doing in low- and middle-income countries.

Rwanda is missing 15 years of weather data. Getting it back would be a boon for farmers. But can it be done?

The World Organisation For Animal Health has adopted its first standards to provide good care for equines — part of a broad agenda at its just-concluded powwow.

Why the world's poorest people are some of the most effective — and vulnerable — environmental activists.

Two real-life stories show why funding for mental health care is critical — in every country.