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UN: 3 months of lockdown could result in 15 million cases of domestic abuse worldwide
Coronavirus is having a major impact on women, with unintended pregnacies and cases of domestic abuse and female genital mutilation all at risk of rising.
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United States
From bleak to green: this US prison is choosing sustainability
The New York jail is set to close in 2026. But what will replace it? Suggestions include a solar farm, a modernized wastewater treatment facility and a plant converting organic waste into...
Gender Inequality
US cities hit record highs in LGBT+ protections, research shows
This year, 88 cities scored a perfect score on the Municipal Equality Index, a 10-city increase from the previous year.
Climate Change
As wildfires worsen, Californians harness tech for help
COPE team - Citizens Organized to Prepare for Emergencies - links residents and authorities to share advice on everything from how to pack evacuation bags to how to find family during a f...
SDG 05: Gender Equality
These are the countries where it's best to be a woman
While life for women has improved in some 60 countries, it has deteriorated in Yemen and other war-torn nations, according to the Women, Peace, and Security Index.
Gender Inequality
Women are stopped from climbing the corporate ladder because of this worrying trend
The biggest obstacle to women moving up in the corporate world is the very first step to manager, according to new research.
SDG 05: Gender Equality
Kept awake by worries, Melinda Gates pledges $1 billion to women's rights
Melinda Gates has pledged $1 billion towards expanding women's power and influence in the United States over the next decade. Admitting that she looses sleep over fears that inequality wi...
Climate Change
Passion for winter sports can help fight climate change, organizers say
With the popularity of skiing, ice hockey and outdoor skating combined there is a large base for increasing climate control support after repeated years of decreased or unreliable snowfal...
Climate Change
Growing inequality and climate change threaten human existence, UN says
Leading scientists have warned the United Nations that we are not on track to meet global goals due to climate change and inequality.
Gender Inequality
Men in the US earn $10,000 more a year than women, a new study has found
Women working full-time earned 82 cents for every dollar earned by men last year. The gender pay gap in the U.S. has not budged for over a year.
Human Rights
To end slavery, free 10,000 people a day for a decade, report says
To end global slavery in the next decade, 10,000 people must be freed every day. North Korea and Eritrea are among the worst affected countries, with Russia, Singapore and Hong Kong doing...
Climate Change
Why climate change is threatening our ability to address other global issues
Climate change is "the greatest challenge to sustainable development" and threatens to "render many parts of the globe uninhabitable", according to a new UN report.
Education, Skills and Learning
Most men still don't take paternity leave, according to a new study
Fewer than half of men took the full time offered after birth or adoption, according to the international survey.
United States
The US constitution doesn’t guarantee equal rights for women – this law could change that
After four decades in the US Congress, a proposed constitutional amendment to guarantee equal rights for women got its first hearing on Tuesday.
Gender Inequality
The fight against sexual harassment in workplace is taking on US healthcare
Time's Up Healthcare will promote policies to make healthcare leadership more gender-balanced and accountable and address workplace discrimination, harassment and abuse