Ahead of the World Cup in Africa, people from across the continent tell the stories of how football impacts on their lives in a new series of African Football Shorts.

Looking at Namibia's progress on meeting its MDGs promises to women - through the eyes of the country's first female trawler captain.

Brokers find Vietnamese wives for South Korean men

The custom of forced isolation for menstruating women in Nepal.

examining the impact of early marriage on the lives of girls using testimonies from teenage brides and their families in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso and Yemen.

Construction of a new road from China through Laos is transforming the traditional local economies. The road has increased commerce as local women initiate a lively trade with construction workers and their merchant wives.

30 second spot on gender equality produced by the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena on the occasion of the 15th anniversary of ICPD.

This Slide Show was exhibited at the UNFPA Booth during the Women Deliver Conference, held June 7-9th in Washington, DC.

Many Burmese make the short journey to Thailand to find work. Often fishermen spend between one and two months at sea. Women have found work in fish markets, but some have ended up working as sex workers in karaoke bars.

In Uganda today family planning is at the top of the agenda. At the moment there are 34 million citizens but the country has one of the fastest growing populations anywhere in the world. On average each woman will give birth to six children.