Industries in Depth
Here's how female entrepreneurs are helping farmers feed Latin America
Women-led start-ups are cutting out the middlemen between organic farmers and supermarkets, helping raise food security and improving farmers' lives.
Based in Bogota, Anastasia Moloney is the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s Latin America and Caribbean correspondent.
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Nature and Biodiversity
Defending the Amazon: How indigenous culture protects Colombia's rainforest
Indigenous communities in Colombia have long protected the Amazon rainforest - from re-growing forest areas to looking at nature as having its own rights.
This is how Latin America is addressing the digital divide amid COVID-19
The COVID-19 pandemic has spurred governments in Latin America to try and address the digital divide, with initiatives that include lowering internet prices.
Climate Action
This Colombian city is growing 'green corridors' to tackle rising heat
Colombia's second-largest city Medellin has introduced an award-winning 'green corridors' project to combat rising heat, an effect of climate change.
Nature and Biodiversity
Panama's plan to go green and reforest 1 million hectares by 2050
Panama aims to reforest 1 million hectares by 2050 having suspending logging permits and incentivising businesses installing renewable power equipment.
Climate Action
Invest in low-carbon cities to protect climate and boost jobs, governments urged
Cutting carbon emissions from energy, transport and construction in cities would bring jobs and savings, as well as curb climate change, a new report says.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Women on the frontline are being left out of COVID-19 response plans, poll finds
Global research has found women do not have an adequate platform to speak out on COVID-19 related issues and are more affected financially by the pandemic.
Health and Healthcare Systems
How COVID-19 is exposing 'hidden poverty' across unequal cities
About half of the world's population live in urban areas, and city mayors are on the frontline of the COVID-19 response working to ensure they are supported with health and social care.
Health and Healthcare Systems
联合国称新冠疫情扩大男女贫困差距
联合国称，新冠病毒大流行将扩大男女之间的贫困差距，到明年将有4700万妇女和女孩陷入贫困生活，并使近几十年来取得的进展付诸东流。
Climate Action
Water wars: How conflicts over resources are set to rise amid climate change
From erratic rainfall to severe droughts, global warming is increasing competition for water around the world, with water-related conflicts on the rise.
Health and Healthcare Systems
COVID-19 has widened the gender poverty gap, says the UN
The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on women and girls is expected to be substantial, according to new UN estimates, with millions pushed into poverty.
Health and Healthcare Systems
This is how community leaders are busting coronavirus myths in Haiti
In Port-au-Prince and other Haitian cities, local groups have sprung up to fight the COVID-19 myths that have eroded trust in healthcare.
Quatre générations d’Afro-Américains débattent : la mort de George Floyd apportera-t-elle un changement ?
"Je me souviens des moments où j'ai été battu et attaqué par une foule. J’ai toujours des flashbacks. J'ai choisi la non-violence comme mode de vie".
Civil Society
El debate de cuatro generaciones de afroestadounidenses: ¿La muerte de George Floyd producirá un cambio?
Cuatro afroestadounidenses de diferentes generaciones reflexionan sobre el período de protesta de hoy y los del pasado.
Four generations of black Americans discuss: Will George Floyd's death bring change?
Four black Americans of different generations reflect on today's period of protest and those of the past.