Gender Pay Discrimination in Jordan: A Call for Change

When Amira*, a Jordanian schoolteacher, asked her principal for a pay rise, it was refused. A few months later she was fired.

"The official reasons given for my dismissal were weak. I'm sure they wanted to punish me for asking for a fair wage for my work," she says.

Banan* works for a media company and complains she is paid at least 30 per cent less than her male colleagues for performing the same job.

IMF Concludes Article IV Consultation with Myanmar and the First Review of Staff-Monitored Program

Conference on Forests and Nutrition calls for secure tenure for smallholders

Governments, civil society and the private sector should ensure and strengthen the contributions of forests, trees and agroforestry systems to food security and nutrition, said participants in the first-ever International Conference on Forests for Food Security and Nutrition (13-15 May), organized by FAO.

Can François Hollande make up for lost time?

Lethargy, wait-and-see attitude, tetany, lost time, action mired in the present, etc. We could go on at length, just by quoting adjectives and comments that were supposed to qualify the way François Hollande has been managing for the last weeks the affairs of the country.

Lebanon: ICRC presses ahead with effort to aid Syrian refugees

The humanitarian impact of more than two years of conflict in Syria has been devastating. More than a million Syrians and Palestinians from Syria have fled their homes to seek refuge in neighbouring countries, including Lebanon. Most refugees were able to bring virtually nothing with them as they crossed the border. They now need shelter, food, clean water and medical care.

Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games "on track for success" with detailed planning underway

The Nanjing 2014 Youth Olympic Games Organising Committee (NYOGOC) is well on track to deliver successful Games next summer, according to the IOC Coordination Commission, which concluded its fourth visit to the Chinese city today.