U.N. warns COVID-19 could wipe out gains in equality for women at work

The coronavirus pandemic could wipe out progress made on boosting gender equality at work in recent decades with women globally at greater risk of losing their jobs

Congo vows zero tolerance over child soldiers after U.S. anti-trafficking nod

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) decries use of child solders by army and militias after upgrade in U.S. Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report


FEATURE -Thailand's migrant sex workers fear for the future

Migrant sex workers are struggling to find new jobs amid the coronavirus outbreak even as bars reopen


Boxer trafficked as a child wins right to stay in the UK after 16 years

Kelvin Bilal Fawaz, who was trafficked into Britain as a child and forced into domestic servitude, can now stay and work in the country he’s lived in for 16 years


S. African activists hail ruling to protect poor residents from police raids

Johannesburg High Court said raids conducted without warrants are unconstitutional, degrading and invasive


'Make way for me': Two years since Saudi Arabia lifted driving ban, three women driving instructors say much has changed

Three Saudi women driving instructors reflect on how two years at the wheel has changed their lives and the lives of their students


'Work to do' as coronavirus hits LGBT+ Jamaicans hard

Almost one in four LGBT+ Jamaicans say they have lost their jobs due to the pandemic


Global oil demand, CO2 emissions likely peaked in 2019 -energy consultancy

Growing scepticism about long-term oil demand in a post-pandemic world is putting pressure on oil companies to revalue their assets


New York attorney general announces $19 mln settlement in Harvey Weinstein lawsuits

Lawyers for some of the movie mogul's accusers say the deal relating to two sexual misconduct lawsuits is a sellout


Brazil military moves to protect indigenous people from COVID-19 deep in Amazon forest

Operation to help the Yanomami aims to counter criticism the right-wing government is not doing enough to protect indigenous people from contagion


Peru's biggest LGBTQ nightclub reopens as grocery store to survive pandemic

With nightclubs staying closed because of coronavirus, ValeTodo Downtown's famed drag queens will start selling groceries as the venue reinvents itself


Opinion

OPINION: Investing in digital agriculture can help Africa beat this pandemic

We need to bridge Africa's data gap to strengthen food, health and economic security, and overcome a predicted continent-wide recession


OPINION: Why Pride is different this year - a call for transformation and collective liberation

This year Pride events look more like the Stonewall riots than ever before


OPINION: It's time to reframe the narrative on girls' rights

We must stop treating girls and women like commodities, and give them the same rights and opportunities as boys and men



This email was sent to you by Thomson Reuters Foundation located at 5 Canada Square, Canary Wharf, London, E14 5AQ - a registered charity in the United Kingdom and the United States.

If you are not the intended recipient, be advised that you have received this email in error and that any use, dissemination, forwarding, printing or copying of this email is strictly prohibited. If you do not wish to receive this type of correspondence in the future, contact us at [email protected] so that we can remove you from this list.

Thomson Reuters Foundation's terms and conditions and privacy statement can be found online at www.trust.org. Photos courtesy of Reuters or Thomson Reuters Foundation.

Manage your subscriptions | Unsubscribe from all TRF communications