Garment workers to graduates: Bangladeshi women aim to shake up textile sector

Female former factory workers hope to use university degrees to improve workers’ rights after Rana Plaza and coronavirus pandemic

Supreme Court may hold key to fair housing for LGBT+ Americans

A Supreme Court ruling could pave the way for LGBT+ protections in housing


Flood risk for 1 million in Phnom Penh as wetlands destroyed

Phnom Penh residents face increased flooding, displacement and loss of livelihoods as wetlands are filled in


Children need green pandemic recovery, celebrity parents tell UK PM

Stars from actor Julie Walters to designer Vivienne Westwood signed a letter warning not to 'build our way out of one disaster by super-charging the next'


Polish ruling party distances itself from proposal to exit domestic violence treaty

The Justice Minister said he would submit proposals to quit the treaty, but a spokesman for the ruling party insisted no decision had been taken


Lack of childcare found 'destroying' UK mothers' careers amid COVID-19

Women reported they were losing work due to pregnancy or childcare problems during the lockdown


Temperatures at Norway's Arctic archipelago hit record high

The Arctic islands are warming faster than almost anywhere on Earth


Proposed U.S. rule would allow shelters to turn away trans homeless people

The rule would apply to federally funded, single-sex shelters and is intended to better protect homeless women while respecting 'the religious beliefs of shelters'


Argentina counts on new satellite technology to guard forests day and night

A cutting-edge satellite, due to be launched shortly, will generate more accurate data to help monitor forests and the carbon they store


Campaigner's death fuels calls for Britain to speed up 'Windrush' compensation

Paulette Wilson died weeks after petitioning the government to accelerate payments to Caribbean migrants


Botswana rape survivor fights sexual violence with awareness campaign

Nearly 70% of women in Botswana have experienced sexual abuse and survivors want to break the silence


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