UN agencies IOM and UNICEF vow to investigate 'jobs-for-sex' in CongoFive U.N. agencies and NGOs have vowed to investigate claims women were forced to have sex for jobs during the recent Ebola crisis |
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Brazil's public sector hit with lawsuits for COVID-19 labor abusesProsecutors have filed nearly 70 lawsuits against city governments and state-controlled firms for failing to protect workers from the coronavirus |
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Congo 'jobs-for-sex' expose prompts calls for greater scrutiny of aid workersAfter more than 50 women recount sexual abuse by aid workers in the DRC, calls mount for WHO and NGOs to do more to protect vulnerable people |
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'It burned everything': Fires surge on indigenous land in BrazilFires are growing not just in the Amazon but in other indigenous territories as well, a new report says |
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COVID-19 controls turn Asia into global surveillance hotspot, analysts sayRegion seen at risk of serious privacy breaches as measures rolled out to contain the coronavirus become permanent in some nations |
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'Dramatic' global rise in laws defending rights of natureAt least 14 countries have passed such measures in the past dozen years |
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Families left in limbo as Uganda oil project earmarks landFarmers say the long-delayed project has put limits on how they can use their land and failed to pay promised compensation |
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U.S. puts China at top of forced labor listThe U.S. Department of Labor’s biennial list of goods believed to be produced by child or forced labor included 17 Chinese-made products, from gloves to Christmas decorations. |
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Proposal to ease Malawi's strict abortion laws faces religious oppositionMalawi currently allows abortion only when it is necessary to save a woman's life, but some MPs are pushing for change |
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Amazon losses help drive growing wildfires elsewhere in BrazilAs destruction of the Amazon continues, it threatens to cut off the "flying rivers" of water vapour that bring reliable rain further south |
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UK authors sign letter in support of trans people after J.K. Rowling furoreJeanette Winterson and Malorie Blackman were among authors that signed a letter supporting transgender people |
OPINION: Why people don’t report cases of LGBT+ sexual assaultDomestic violence is rampant in the LGBT+ community and it is being swept under the rug |
OPINION: As the Arctic melts, we riseI sat alone on the melting Arctic ice in what, to me, felt like a final, desperate cry for help for both the Arctic and the world |
OPINION: Why global leaders must listen to the girlchild25 years after the Beijing Declaration, what progress has there been on ending female cutting? |
OPINION: Facing twin climate and conflict shocks, governments step upA more integrated approach to both problems is needed, they say, as is a UN Commissioner on Climate and Security |
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