With schools shut by pandemic, solar radios keep Kenyan children learning

Solar-powered radios have been distributed to the poorest homes that lack electricity access, with lessons broadcast daily during the COVID-19 crisis - and perhaps beyond

Generation COVID: I lost my dream job in Mumbai during COVID-19. Now I serve Italian takeaway from my mother’s kitchen

After losing my dream job at a top Italian restaurant in Mumbai, I started my own takeaway business serving pasta with an Indian twist out of my parent's kitchen


The coronavirus pandemic drove life online. Is video streaming pushing up harmful emissions?

A surge in video conferencing and streaming has fuelled concerns about the planet-heating emissions they generate - but that worry may be overblown


In pandemic America's tent cities, a grim future grows darker

In a parking lot near luxury homes and restaurants sits Phoenix's newest homeless shelter. Ringed by barbed wire, each family has a 12-by-12 foot space in the crowded tent city


Pay cuts and forced overtime: COVID-19 takes heavy toll on Ethiopia's garment workers

Workers report further worsening of conditions as short-staffed factories try to recover orders lost early in the pandemic


Are COVID-19 vaccines safe for people living with HIV?

As coronavirus vaccines are rolled out around the world, experts say they are safe for HIV-positive people


Hunting for new jobs, India's migrant workers learn new skills online

Startups, charities and social enterprises help millions of pandemic-hit workers prepare to return to the labour market


'Lift like a girl': Documentary celebrates Egypt's female weightlifters

Mayye Zayed hopes her film will raise awareness about the sport among women and girls, and encourage more to follow their dreams


British trans clinic appeals puberty blockers judgment

High Court judges ruled on Dec. 1 that it was unlikely under-16s would be able to give informed consent to puberty-blocking drugs


Actress Nicole Kidman calls violence against women a 'shadow pandemic'

UN Women’s Goodwill Ambassador Kidman said her role as a domestic abuse survivor in Big Little Lies had affected her personally


Opinion

OPINION: What was achieved in the 2020 fight for racial justice?

The George Floyd protests forced many to acknowledge racial inequality for the first time. Deeper commitment and more-sustained energy is needed in 2021 to end it


OPINION: Black LGBT+ filmmakers offer a vision for a more equitable future

The genius of young Black LGBT+ filmmakers holds the vision of a better world



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