Armed with social media, Zimbabwean youth fight coronavirus 'infodemic'

Zimbabwean volunteers are going online to stop the spread of COVID-19 misinformation

'My world stopped spinning' - life on hold for millions of Philippine migrant workers

Overseas Filipino workers are losing jobs over COVID-19, slashing remittances that account for nearly 10% of the country's GDP


Brands urged to stop sourcing from China's Xinjiang over forced labour fears

Major retailers from Adidas to Amazon asked to reconsider Chinese supply chains for risk of slave labour involving ethnic Uighurs


Mothers across U.S. stand up to federal agents at anti-racism protests

'Wall of Moms' groups in a number of cities are working to protect anti-racism protesters


INTERVIEW-Climate fund head seeks green turning point from virus crisis

Stimulus spending plans are key to a climate-friendly recovery after the coronavirus pandemic


Brazil's Black rights movement grapples with hostile official

Brazil's quilombolas, the descendants of African slaves, fear official will block their rights to the land they inhabit


Gay, Black and fast: Olympic hopeful swims against tide of homophobia in Jamaica

'Black people don’t swim' – a childhood taunt that made Michael Gunning swim all the faster


U.N. report suggests temporary basic income to help world's poorest amid pandemic

Payouts could help slow infections by allowing people who would otherwise face starvation to stay at home, said U.N. experts


'Milking their misery': Indian state makes returning migrants pay for quarantine

Migrant workers returning to India from Gulf nations say Telangana’s COVID-19 quarantine fee will drive them deeper into debt


Signs of farm 'revolution' in India as coronavirus prompts change

Farmers are turning to machines to plant their fields, cutting water use but threatening jobs


Pandemic hit women's sport much more than men's - UK parliamentary report

Coronavirus-related cancellations of major events threatens to undo work to bring women's sport to the forefront, said parliamentarians


Opinion

OPINION: OutRage! campaigned for more than equal rights, it wanted to transform society

LGBT+ activists should fight for emancipation, not equality and assimilation



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