Big investors fall short on policies to halt Amazon deforestation

Most major investment firms have failed to put in place firm policies to stop destruction of Brazil's rainforest, despite urging commodities companies to do so, says Global Canopy

Inequality seen as a root cause of West Africa's Sahel crisis

The wealthiest 1% of West Africans own more than everyone else in the region combined


Trump's Supreme Court nominee advocated overturning legalized abortion

Amy Coney Barrett signed onto a 2006 advertisement calling for the landmark law to be overturned to protect unborn children


Rugby saves school girls from child marriage in rural Zimbabwe

Catherine Muranganwa, whose two sisters were married before they turned 18, says the sport opened her eyes to different possibilities


Productivity boon or intrusion? UK workers wary of monitoring tech - poll

Privacy groups and unions have voiced concern about the rise of software to keep tabs on employees working remotely


Intersex surgery 'abuses' condemned by 34 states at U.N. rights forum

It is the first time that unnecessary surgeries on children born with an indeterminate sex have been criticised at the United Nations


Thousands of jobless Bangladeshi garment workers fear for future

Coronavirus pandemic led to an estimated 70,000 garment workers losing their factory jobs


Fires in Brazil's Amazon the worst in a decade, data shows

Satellites identified more than 32,000 hotspots last month, 61% higher than the same month in 2019


Diversity key concern for UK workers, Glassdoor survey shows

Black and LGBT+ survey respondents reported that their careers had suffered because of their ethnic background, gender or sexual orientation


Canada reintroduces bill banning LGBT conversion therapy

The bill will include offences such as causing a minor to undergo conversion therapy, causing any person to undergo the therapy against their will, and profiting from the practice


Opinion

OPINION: Learning from a brave Colombian who rescues children from sexual exploitation

Coronavirus lockdowns, economic hardship and closed or restricted borders have exacerbated the often-intertwined problems of trafficking and sexual abuse



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