We should challenge political leaders to keep global poverty on the UK agenda - because the facts still speak volumes, whatever the economic landscape at home, writes Jo Barrett

“If you tell me my wife’s HIV positive, I’ll kill her! And I’m going to kill all of you people who are helping to spread HIV in our town!” Read how Progressio partner organisation Talowadag responded to this exceptional challenge.

Voters need to remind politicians that their stance on international development is a key issue in deciding who to vote for at the upcoming General Election.

That’s the message from Progressio’s Advocacy Manager, Tim Aldred. “We need to make the case for international development in a time of recession even more strongly than in the good times,” he says.

Progressio
Miracle workers: women farmers and sustainable futures in Malawi. Plus: rights, freedoms and women activists in Honduras; and climate change in Copenhagen

Nyambura Njoroge
In this Comment, theologian and ecumenist Nyambura Njoroge describes the experience of African Christian women in promoting gender justice, in the context of HIV, through a 'ministry of Bible reading'. It highlights the potential of Christian communities to tackle the gender discrimination and disempowerment of women that has been a key driver of the HIV pandemic.

Working Group on Climate Change and Development
This report: Up in smoke? Other worlds are possible the sixth in the series, explores potential new models which might both address climate change and be resilient to it.