The Disasters Emergency Committee's decision to mount appeals for Syria presented significant challenges but the money is vital and is already being deployed in the field, says the DEC chairman

As far as corrupt money and capital flight are concerned, it takes two to tango

Sports for Saudi girls in schools will have a lasting impact on their empowerment, education and professional opportunities.

Concern grows for disabled refugees, including many injured in war

“I realised that simply walking on the street, for a woman, is such a huge effort… It’s like women are besieged” - Egyptian actor who dressed as woman for TV programme exploring social issues

British academic Elisabeth Kendall writes about her recent travels to Yemen’s remote and dangerous Mahra region

Humanitarian help is vital in mitigating the suffering of Syrian refugees, but it will never be a solution - political action is urgently required

From a Saudi campaign to stop violence against women to a live debate on humanitarianism in the network age, check out what's in the pipeline for Thomson Reuters Foundation correspondents this week

The Egyptian media is one of the oldest and largest in the Middle East and the world

Aswat Masriya is a major media development project run by TrustMedia in Egypt. Watch our video to find out more.

The year 1929 may not have been the most auspicious time to start trading shares, and yet …

Take a look at the ten key questions our global team of correspondents will be trying to answer this week

Quick action is needed on climate change, but optimism is low at the climate negotiations in Doha

The struggle for democracy has been going on for centuries in the Arab world

Hugh Pope, a policy expert on Turkey and Cyprus spoke with AlertNet after delivering a presentation at a conference in Istanbul

Framing the discourse about water as a security issue may impede the provision of water to people, writes Eran Feitelson

Arab Spring presents new challenges in tackling HIV infection, rising rates could spread as ignorance about the disease is widespread, a new report warns

They will if they don't get serious about letting women take part in sports, says Human Rights Watch

Women's rights have come far in past decades but the statistics show we still live in a man's world

Fundamentalist rule would be "the hardest thing for us to face", Muslim women's rights leaders say