The appalling case of Gulnaz (Afghan woman jailed for being raped to be freed – if she marries her attacker, 2 December) is a stark reminder of how much is at stake over women’s human rights in Afghanistan, as it moves ever closer to talks with the Taliban and a future without international forces...
Pregnant women at a healthcare centre in southern Vietnam’s An Giang province. Impressively, between 1990 and 2010, per capita income in Vietnam grew at 6% per annum and girls’ IMR fell by 50%. Photograph: Hoang Dinh Nam/AFP/Getty Images We know that economic growth and human development do not always go hand in hand, as...
