'I waited all my life': Elderly indigenous people struggle for Thai citizenship

Elderly indigenous people in Thailand struggle to prove their citizenship even as the country aims to end statelessness by 2024

One year on, family of murdered Amazon land defender say nothing has changed

One year after one of their leaders was killed, Brazil's "Guardians of the Forest" are still battling illegal logging


Can solar fridges helping vaccinate African children work for COVID-19? 

Solar-powered refrigerators are cooling vaccines in places with no grid electricity - but organising a vast cold chain for COVID-19 immunisation will be a huge logistical challenge


Use COVID-19 to build back better, cities told

The United Nations urged civic leaders to build more liveable urban centres better for public health, society and the environment


Polish abortion protest leader seeks inspiration from Belarus

Top organiser of Poland's abortion protests, Marta Lempart, looks to Belarus as a role model, with both movements run by Eastern Europeans and by women


Contact restored with Philippine province hit by year's most powerful typhoon; 16 dead

Officials say a forcible evacuation effort averted more deaths from Goni, the world's strongest typhoon this year, which has destroyed homes and crops


The great divergence: U.S. COVID-19 economy has delivered luxury houses for some, evictions for others

Pandemic-induced policies see professionals thriving but for lower-wage workers the crisis has delivered a shove, toppling those living on the financial edge


Taiwan celebrates equality, coronavirus success in Asia's largest Pride march

More than 130,000 people marched through the streets to celebrate Pride in one of the largest marches globally this year


A cafe in Yemen run by women, for women

Traditional, conservative attitudes held by many locally against women working outside the home mean a woman-run business can be new and strange to some


In George Floyd's hometown, a season of protest ends at the polls

The summer's anger and demands for justice that Floyd's death ignited have transformed into huge voter turnout for Black Americans in some parts of the country


Opinion

OPINION: I’ve spent decades working towards Nigerian women’s power. #EndSars is our moment

Witnessing women's leadership of #EndSars is heartening for Nigeria, which is still deeply entrenched in patriarchy. We must seize this moment


OPINION: Why we need an urbanization reset

The pandemic has shone a light on cities’ failure to protect the most vulnerable



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