Race against rain to save historical homes of Beirut

Competing priorities as Lebanese scramble to rescue buildings of beauty post-blast

Congolese abuse survivors rebuild lives, brick by brick

Women and girls in war-torn DRC are being trained as builders as part of a scheme to help them find work


Coronavirus fuels modern slavery threat for Asian garment workers

for the first time, India and Bangladesh were in the 'extreme risk' category for slave labour


Virus-idled Indian workers dig into a new job: boosting water security

Thousands of jobseekers have been recruited into a trench-building scheme aiming to boost scarce water supplies by catching rainfall


Egypt's #MeToo crusader fights sex crimes via Instagram

Nadeen Ashraf has exposed two major sexual assaults via social media


COVID hit to Costa Rica's gasoline tax stalls funding for forests

Petrol pump levy shrinks due to pandemic restrictions, threatening funding for a key program that pays farmers to protect forests


Portuguese youth sue European states over 'life-threatening' climate change

Lawsuit filed with European Court of Human Rights aims to force governments to step up efforts to cut emissions


Boys being groomed online to hate women, British author warns

Everyday Sexism founder Laura Bates says boys are echoing the language of radical anti-feminist groups


Ban virginity tests - Afghanistan rights panel

The tests claim to verify whether a woman has been sexually active outside of marriage, but their veracity has been debunked


San Francisco police chief 'disappointed' by Pride ban

Organisers of San Francisco's Pride event call for "a fundamental restructuring of policing" as LGBT+ groups increasingly question police presence at Pride marches


Afghan government says mother's name can go on birth certificates

Campaigners have for years pushed for women to be named on official documents, using the hashtag #Whereismyname


Opinion

OPINION: Mind the gap: here’s how to stop the world’s poorest students falling behind

Investing now in bringing students back to school and helping them catch up is far cheaper than providing a second-chance education for those who have fallen out of education due to COVID-19


OPINION: Other Girls Like Me - A Greenham Common memoir

At Greenham Common Women's Peace Camp I was free to be a tomboy, to love other women and to commit to activism



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