Back in February, UNICEF Zimbabwe issued a press release to bring attention to Zimbabwe's education crisis. An astonishing 66 to 70% of schools were closed throughout the country, and schools that were open saw an attendance rate of only 33% ...

In India, where the skin lightening is a $318 million industry, the group Women of Worth created the campaign Dark is Beautiful to bring attention to the stigma placed on dark skin and to encourage everyone to embrace their natural skin color.

The U.S. Department of Labor has released a list of goods produced by child and slave labor. According to the International Labor Organization, over 12 million people are enslaved, and about 218 million children work.

The Sudanese journalist who was jailed for wearing trousers, a violation of the country's indecency law, was recently freed. She vows to continue to fight the law which she contests is unconstitutional and has no merit.

Due to violence and drought, thousands of Somalis flee their homes, but refugee camps are astoundingly inadequate. The largest camp in Kenya was designed to hold 90,000 people, but now has almost 300,000, wth 8,000 new refugees entering per month.

The U.S. Department of Labor announced that unemployment rate for the month of August was 9.7 percent -- the highest it has been in 26 years. Job losses for the month reached 216,000.

Former U.S. soldier received life in jail for raping and murdering 14 year old Abeer al-Janabi, as well as murdering her mother, father and six year old sister in Baghdad. He led four other soldiers in the attack, who planned it over a game of cards.

Twelve members of the Awᠩndigenous group, including five children, were killed in southeast Colombia. Attacks have gone on since September 2008, claiming the lives of over 50 members of the community and displacing thousands.

Chile's indigenous group the Mapuche clashed with police in a land dispute last week, resulting in the death of Jaime Mendoza Collio. They look to reclaim the southern part of Chile which belonged to their ancestors.

In the mid 90s, the city of Juárez, Mexico made headlines for its disturbing trend of femicide. Over 370 women have been found dead with signs of torture or rape. Now there are cases of women disappearing without a trace.