Migrant school closures fuel child labour in Thai seafood industry

The closure of migrant learning centres in southern Thailand has driven hundreds of Burmese children into work

Aid groups should face tougher action over sex abuse by staff-experts

Failure to tackle sexual abuse by aid staff should result in tougher action including funding cuts, aid experts told UK parliament


ANALYSIS-Ukraine plan to tackle hackers sparks privacy fears

The number of attacks against Ukraine's government ministries and information portals can run into the thousands every month


'Unable to learn’ - Transgender schools in Latin America offer a fresh chance

Only about a quarter of trans women finish secondary school, and one in five never finish primary school in Latin America, campaigners say


Lawmakers urged to ban child marriage in Britain

Current law allowing marriage at 16 with parental consent undermines country’s global efforts to end child marriage, lawmaker says


Anger in Algeria over rape, murder of 19-year-old woman

Women’s rights campaigners say authorities failed to protect the victim and are demanding justice


Political 'retreat' on climate action harms all nations, says UN climate chief

Helping poorer nations develop cleanly and adapt to climate threats is "not charity but a global act of self-interest", says Patricia Espinosa


Serena Williams says 'underpaid, undervalued' as Black woman in tennis

Technology is highlighting the reality of racism and giving Black people a new voice, the U.S. star tells British Vogue


EU tussle over climate change ambition hots up after Parliament vote

Parliament has voted in favour of a legally binding target for EU to cut planet-heating emissions by 60% by 2030 - a more ambitious goal than leaders are contemplating


Fearing loan sharks and slavery, Indian workers ask gov't for cash aid

Informal workers say financial support would help reduce the risk of human trafficking, child labour and exploitative lending


SPECIAL REPORT - Plastic pandemic: COVID-19 trashed the recycling dream

Pandemic has intensified a price war between recycled and new plastic, made by the oil industry - and recyclers are losing


Opinion

I'm a girls' rights activist, and I don't feel safe online

It's time for social media platforms to step up and take this abuse and harassment seriously


OPINION: Why transactional sex is difficult to stop in the aid sector

Sex is traded, under varying levels of coercion, for money, safety, or, as in the latest allegations from the Democractic Republic of Congo, jobs



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