'Now, we are back to zero': Afghan businesswomen on the run

From CEOs to coffee shop owners, Afghan women entrepreneurs have shutdown their businesses and fled the country or gone into hiding, fearing reprisals after the Taliban's takeover

South African firefighter battles Cape Town blazes and inequality

Slee Mbhele signed up to fight wildfires that engulfed her beloved nature reserves. Now she fears for informal settlements close to vegetation as fires become more widespread


FEATURE-Bangladeshi women try on rare leadership roles for a fairer fashion future

Training schemes to help female garment workers become team supervisors offer skills that could protect their livelihoods as owners eye greener, high-tech factories


FEATURE-With Assam silk and trees, Indians fight climate change and trafficking

Under a new initiative, families across Assam are weaving and restoring forests to boost their incomes in a region hit by frequent floods, low farm yields and unemployment


Climate change fuels more ‘fire-prone’ days beyond U.S. West coast

California and the Pacific Northwest have attracted much of the attention during the 2021 wildfire season, but climate change-fueled fire risk is encroaching much farther east, researchers say


More Canadian businesses will embrace vaccine mandates for workers - minister

Canada's biggest banks and some businesses say staff working from their offices will need to be inoculated against COVID-19


Brazil's indigenous protest ahead of landmark ruling over ancestral lands

The ruling will affect 230 pending land claims, many of which offer a xxxxxx against deforestation in the Amazon rainforest


Opinion

OPINION: Gender pay gap debate: It's not just about the money

Our research finds women are more willing than men to give up pay in favor of other amenities, such as flexible hours, parental leave, and employment security



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