ANALYSIS-Despite slow start, Paris climate accord 'alive and kicking' on fifth birthdayFive years into the landmark agreement, governments and companies are pledging to cut emissions to net zero by mid-century but faster action is needed to meet its goals |
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Ahead of U.N. climate summit, urgent calls to 'fix the future'Five years later, governments are lagging far behind in implementing the Paris Agreement on climate change |
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Number of women in jail soars, despite global push to cut numbers741,000 women are in prison worldwide, with up to 80% having an identifiable mental illness |
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Celebs call for more women on UK's male-dominated UN climate summit teamEmma Watson and Ellie Goulding join climate experts in calls for British PM Boris Johnson to include more women in COP26 summit leadership team |
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Fishermen fight to keep land as El Salvador chases surfersLocals say they are being forced off their land for a tourism push that the government says will bring in $4 billion |
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'Kung Fu nuns' deliver aid, health advice in pandemic-hit HimalayasHundreds of the maroon-robed nuns have fanned out across the mountains to supply essential items to about 2,000 poor families |
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Excluded, abandoned: Children born under Islamic State era still paying heavy priceExcluded, vilified and sometimes simply abandoned: such is the price paid by thousands of children in Iraq born to suspected Islamic State militants |
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Kenyan women win damages for sexual violence during 2007-8 poll violenceMany rape survivors suffer trauma and hardship more than a decade after the election violence |
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EU grants 113 mln euros in COVID-19 aid for Bangladeshi garment workersFunding from Germany and 27-member bloc will aid garment workers hit by job and pay cuts during the pandemic |
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FACTBOX - As Bhutan scraps gay sex ban, what pro-LGBT+ steps have others taken?Here are the latest nine countries to remove bans on same-sex relations |
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Water rights victory 'enormous step' for Australia's indigenousThe agreement gives the Gunaikurnai community control over two gigalitres of water from the Mitchell River |
OPINION: We must close the funding gap for climate adaptationNations need to dramatically step up investment in climate resilience to avert environmental and economic catastrophe |
OPINION: Why governments should strengthen land rights for women and youthFrom domestic violence to low wages, insecure land rights exacerbate inequalities |
OPINION: Big Tech's dominance: only laws can limit its powerBig Tech companies like Facebook have grown so large that the U.S. antitrust authority F.T.C. is considering breaking them up. We need laws that limit the power tech firms wields over our lives |
OPINION: What human rights framework can manage big data?In the global effort to further human rights, big data is both the biggest challenge and greatest opportunity |
OPINION: Dominican Republic must seize the chance to stop child marriageLegal loopholes allow early marriage in a country where a third of women are wed before they turn 18 |
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