Egypt mulls law to protect women's identities as MeToo movement escalates

Attitudes and laws may shift amid a 'tsunami' of testimonies from women as Egypt's #MeToo movement grows

Residents fight upscale evictions in Kenya conservation push

More than 20,000 families in a middle-class Nairobi suburb have been told their land was sold to them illegally


See much progress in women's equality? Depends who you ask

Half as many women as men think there is equality at work or in politics


Drier than the Sahara: heatwave fans fire risk for French farmers

Rising temperatures are widening the risk zone for summer crop and forest fires into the cooler northern regions


BP's green energy targets will be tough to meet

BP plans to cut its oil and gas output by 40% by 2030 and spend $5 billion a year on low-carbon projects, in a bid to become one of world's biggest green power producers


Kenyan female freedom fighter Mekatilili wa Menza celebrated on Google

Mekatilili wa Menza is one of Kenya's earliest freedom fighters


U.S. court blocks ban on trans people changing sex on birth certificates

Idaho officials must allow transgender people born in the state to change the sex on their birth certificate, a federal judge ruled


Indian food delivery company introduces 'period leave' for employees

Female employees will be able to take up to 10 days of 'period leave' each year, the firm said, as it fights stigma over menstruation


Woman filmed naked and unconscious in London hotel wins 5-year legal fight

Man pleads guilty to voyeurism after filming a women naked without her consent


Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon retreats in July from 2019 record

Advocates warn that a reversion from the worst July on record last year was no cause for celebration


Lockdown 'flash crash' in emissions won't curb warming - but green recovery can

Decisions on how to build back economies after the pandemic will make or break global climate change goals, researchers say


Opinion

OPINION: It's time for a law change to save Peru's threatened forest people

Peru's Congress has an opportunity now to protect little-known indigenous communities from COVID-19 and extractive industries



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