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Drugs

Bolivia breaks the mold in 'war on drugs'

A lady picks coca leaves at a plantation in La Asunta, Bolivia

Instead of ruining farmers' livelihoods by eradicating their coca plots, Bolivia is applying "social control." It's led to a drop in the plant's cultivation in a country the US blames for being a source of illegal drugs.

Afghanistan

A twelve year old Afghan bride during the wedding ceremony in Herat; Photo: FARAHANAZ KARIMY (c) dpa - Report

Women as commodities

Thousands of Afghan girls and boys are trafficked into neighboring countries each year.

Health

A child receiving a polio vaccination in Nigeria.

Polio rising

While polio may be on the decline worldwide, cases in Nigeria are increasing at an alarming rate.

Women

Women protesting in Tunisia (DW/Tarek Guizani, via Moncef Slimi DW Arabic)

Institutionalized sexism

A clause in Tunisia's draft constitution has sparked concern that women's rights are under threat.

Sustainable Development

Bluefields Bay (Photo: Nick Davis)

A new Jamaica tourism model

Jamaicans bet on fresh food and protected fish to keep more tourist dollars.

Canada

Canada’s missing indigenous women

Over 600 indigenous women have been murdered or reported missing since 1990.

Generation Change: helping struggling kids

Two young women on two continents work together to bring hope to orphaned kids in a Nairobi slum.

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Step by step towards a new Congo

Tracking down kidnappers in Mexico

Canada's missing indigenous women

Stirring up Jamaica's tourism sector
Kinder bekommen Polio-Impfstoff in Nigeria. Wer hat das Bild gemacht?: Global Polio Eradication Initiative Wann wurde das Bild gemacht?: 2011 Wo wurde das Bild aufgenommen?: Nigeria Zugeliefert am 19.10.2012 durch Benjamin Mack. ****Photos may be freely used for any non-commercial purposes provided that the correct credit line is given each and every time the photo appears. Photos must not be used in connection with the promotion of any company or product, or in any way contrary to the policies and principles of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative. *****

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Polio eradication goals almost achieved

World in Progress (24.10.12)

Teachers endangered in Pakistan

Helping Bolivian Coca farmers

Conflict over ancient Christian monastery in Turkey

Civil Society

Growing pains in Myanmar

Activists of the Burmese Media Association (BMA) attend a protest in New Delhi, India, 04 July 2007. Burmese journalists demanded the release of 78-year-old journalist U Win Tin, who has spent 18 years of a 20-year sentence in prison on fabricated anti-government charges and is the country's longest serving political prisoner. U Win Tin was imprisoned on 04 July 1989. Foto: EPA/MONEY SHARMA +++(c) dpa - Report+++

As Myanmar opens up, Burmese are enjoying more freedoms than ever before, but many are wary of the changes and think their country still has a long way to go.

Myanmar political reforms elude ethnic groups

India

India's age-old chit funds keep edge on banking

Praveena Keerthi with her two-year-old son, Siddanth, in her newly opened women's boutique in Hyderabad, Andhra Padesh (Photo: Siri Bulusu)

Around 700 million Indians lack access to formal banking. Despite years of sustained economic growth and government initiatives, they rely on informal credit sources, such as 'chit funds,' to make their dreams come true.

Governed by graft - Indian politics stuck in deadlock