More Afghan women find solace in drugs as coronavirus, migration upends life

Drug addiction is on the rise among women in Afghanistan with fears numbers will increase due to the coronavirus pandemic

Amid coronavirus scare, Americans flock to remote land, survival retreats

Although they have seen less infections than cities, experts say rural areas could become more vulnerable, in part due to difficulties in accessing healthcare


Kenya's push to harvest rainwater has a new payoff: battling coronavirus

Improved water storage to cope with climate change and drought is helping Kenyans wash their hands - but will it last?


Moving indoors and online, can street papers survive coronavirus crisis?

Social distancing measures introduced to slow the spread of coronavirus have forced street papers to reinvent themselves or risk collapse.


Climate stress and coronavirus gang up on world's vulnerable

As risks converge in a complex world, the resilience of small-scale farmers and families living in poverty is being tested to its limits


Ugandan rights groups demand release of LGBT+ people jailed over coronavirus

The group is accused of disobeying measures to curb the spread of coronavirus, but campaigners say they were deliberately targeted


Coronavirus measures will hit women harder than men, charities warn

Vulnerable women are likely to suffer violence, more unpaid care work and less access to healthcare as a result of coronavirus


From birdsong to cheers, sound map shows how coronavirus is changing cities

The crowdsourced project uses sound clips to document life under COVID-19 lockdown around the world


One in four women is not free to say no to sex, U.N. research finds

Being free to refuse sex is key to women's empowerment, UNFPA says


UK coronavirus lockdown raises fears of rise in child drug mules

With the public ordered to stay home, charities are bracing for a surge in domestic violence, which often makes young people vulnerable to trafficking


Opinion

OPINION: Ensure access to high-quality abortion care during and after the COVID-19 pandemic

Self-managed abortions are vital to combat the spread of COVID-19 while ensuring access to safe and essential health services


OPINION: How responsible corporate behaviour can help during a pandemic

There are lessons in this crisis for how to contribute to create societies that are economically, socially and environmentally healthy, stable and resilient



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