Education and Skills
Making history, UK's new feminist party leader aims to popularise 'f-word' politics
"None of the other parties are nearly ambitious enough when it comes to gender equality."
Emma Batha
Emma Batha is a journalist specialising in humanitarian crises and women’s rights. She joined the Thomson Reuters Foundation from the Reuters international editing desk in London.
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Arts and Culture
Scottish 'Holocaust heroine' who saved Jewish girls lauded in book
A Scottish "Holocaust heroine" and quiet champion of educating girls helped save many Jews in Hungary before dying herself in a Nazi concentration camp, according to a book out released o...
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
UK companies urged to boost efforts to close gender pay gap
British companies must dramatically ramp up efforts to close the gender pay gap, equality campaigners said on Thursday ahead of a midnight deadline for organisations to report pay differe...
Education and Skills
Dublin's homeless are being retrained as city tour guides
The city's homeless will lead parties of tourists under a scheme which trains them as tour guides.
Health and Healthcare Systems
How a mosquito 'birth control' could be key in the fight against malaria
Scientists have blocked a protein found in female mosquitoes which is critical for their young to hatch.
Climate Action
This surprising innovation could cut your pet's carbon pawprint
Pets on a high-meat diet can have a significant environmental impact, so this company has come up with an alternative - insects.
Emerging Technologies
This mobile app is paying refugees to train artificial intelligence
'Teaching' machines to mimic human intelligence could help refugees rebuild their lives and give them crucial digital skills.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
These countries are doing the most to reduce inequality
South Korea, Georgia and Indonesia were among countries praised for trying to reduce inequality in a new report.
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Ahead of the 2030 deadline, there are large gaps in the data on gender equality
World leaders who have pledged to end gender inequality by 2030 will miss the ambitious target if they do not accelerate efforts to plug "profound" data gaps, experts said ahead of launch...
Economic Growth
The countries making the most progress on human development
The highest risers were Ireland, Botswana, Dominican Republic and Turkey.
Resilience, Peace and Security
Crop-munching armyworm could threaten millions of farmers in Asia
The pest prefers maize but can feed on some 80 crops, including rice, vegetables, groundnuts and cotton.
Food and Water
This international company is banning meat at work
Office-sharing company WeWork operates across 22 countries.
Geographies in Depth
Europe's refugee and migrant crisis in 2016. In numbers
Examining the facts and figures behind Europe's refugee and migration crisis.
Civil Society
This is how Mozambique plans to end child marriage
The country has one of the highest child marriage rates in the world, with 48% of girls wed before they turn 18.
Where are the world's female leaders?
Taiwan elected the first female president in the Chinese-speaking world.