Can vaccines reach the world’s poorest?

Thursday’s GAVI vaccine summit aims to help people in the developing world get access to any eventual coronavirus vaccine. What are the obstacles?

Protests lead brands to speak out against racism. But will they act?

Firms are speaking out against racism - but does their support for protesters go deeper than the press release?


India's mass exodus from cities triggers village property disputes

Driven by hunger and the inability to pay rent, the exodus is causing tensions over limited resources and fights over property are common


LGBT+ Pride events turning focus to racial injustice in U.S.

The killing of George Floyd has prompted LGBT+ groups to shift focus of Pride events to racial justice.


U.S. protests fuel calls for ban on racially biased facial recognition tools

From facial recognition to hiring software, algorithms have often been found to hold racial bias


Despite the pandemic, frontline nations push ahead on stronger climate plans

Countries from Jamaica to Kenya and Gabon "know how vital this process is" of boosting national plans to meet global climate goals


Yemeni women will die, aid workers warn, as U.N. cuts maternity services

Dried up funding shuts down maternity hospitals in Yemen, leaving women without care to die of childbirth complications


'I lost my mind': Ethiopian migrants forced home empty-handed by coronavirus

Without support, Ethiopian returnees risk developing severe mental health problems


UK domestic abuse chief fears more murders as lockdown eases

Britain's first domestic abuse commissioner, Nicole Jacobs, warns the public "not to look the other way" as lockdowns ease


Opinion

OPINION: End stigma and discrimination against migrant workers and their children during COVID-19 pandemic

Measures to fight COVID-19 must be inclusive of vulnerable, informal economy workers


OPINION: Recent political successes have made LGBT+ people targets for attack

All people should refuse to be bystanders when LGBT+ people, especially trans and gender-non-conforming people, are denigrated



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