Freelance journalist covering human stories, humanitarian issues, women's rights, LGBT rights and climate change. I also take photos.
War or peace? Neither reigns in limbo land of Nagorno-Karabakh
"Many people are displaced but they are in areas that are highly militarised. There's a pressure that you have to be prepared, that war can explode at any time"
With wonky vegetables and beer, social enterprises keep food out of landfills
"People think fruit falls off trees into buckets, are all the same size, shape and colour and available all year round"
Roses and childcare: refugee women prepare for tough UK world of work
Refugee women train as florists in a bid to overcome challenges on their way to meaningful employment
"Zero-waste" stores put consumers on frontline in fight against packaging
Dozens of package-free shops have opened across the world
Transgender Armenians stitch and sew their way out of prejudice
Armenia is one of the least LGBT-friendly countries in Europe
As scientists ponder "hacking the climate," poor countries are wary
Could geoengineering the planet to curb climate change leave people in poor countries better - or worse - off?
Armenians urged to value their women as abortions of girls skew population
For Armenian families, giving birth to at least one boy is a is a must
For refugee women, periods a dangerous, shameful time
"Can you imagine having your period without knickers and without sanitary items?"
Can religions help in the fight against climate change?
A growing share of the six billion believers around the world are getting personally involved in the fight against climate change
Campaigner against forced labour in Uzbekistan cotton fields arrested
Campaigners say Uzbekistan is concealing a state-orchestrated forced labour system
'Ability to resist' makes women able climate leaders: Paris mayor
Anne Hidalgo aims to clean up Paris' noxious air and make Seine swimmable again by 2024
Women's charities welcome UK's first ambassador for gender equality
"When girls are deprived of an education they become vulnerable and powerless"
Young refugees "traded like cattle" by smugglers urge UK to save child migrants scheme
More than 200 actors, musicians, authors and broadcasters have also called on the government to reconsider its decision to scrap the scheme
Three notable innovations in humanitarian aid in 2016
Marked by the first World Humanitarian Summit in May in Istanbul, 2016 was supposed to be the year to #ReShapeAid.
Calais camp is razed with nowhere for most refugees to go
Everyone agrees the overcrowded makeshift shelters were not a good solution but inhabitants are now refusing to move in the absence of adequate alternatives...