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January update
Welcome to the Thomson Reuters Foundation’s January update. In this newsletter, you’ll find highlights from across our areas of work, as well as the latest opportunities for you to get involved. If you don’t regularly receive our newsletter, you can subscribe here.
Trust Conference 2023: Save the Date
We are delighted to announce that this year, Trust Conference - our flagship annual event - will take place on 19 & 20 October, in London.
Dedicated to tackling some of the most critical issues of our time, Trust Conference provides a platform for collaboration and thought leadership from world-leading experts, innovators and activists at the forefront of global efforts to build inclusive and sustainable economies, equitable societies, and a free and independent media.
The event takes place over two days, packed with keynote speeches, panel discussions, spotlight sessions and networking opportunities.
Make sure to keep an eye on the Trust Conference website for the agenda and speaker announcements. In the meantime:
Context's 'The future of food' series featured on Pocket
We have teamed up with Pocket – a Mozilla product which lets you discover and save content – to showcase stories from our new digital news platform, Context.
The first of our three ‘Pocket Collections’ centres around the future of food. Our articles and videos examine the links between what we eat and issues including global inflation, food insecurity and climate change – as well as the potential of technology to change what we consume as part of the shift towards a more sustainable future.
January updates across the Foundation
Media Freedom:
Legal guide on laws relating to “fake news” in Russia translated into two new languages
Last year, our global pro bono service, TrustLaw, launched a legal guide to help journalists and newsrooms understand the new laws relating to “fake news” in Russia, and how they’ve been applied to local and international press. We are pleased to announce that this resource is now available in Russian and Ukrainian, making it more accessible to journalists around the world.
The guide was co-produced with the Committee to Protect Journalists, with pro bono legal research provided by Hogan Lovells.
Inclusive Economies:
Indian tech firm Byju’s summoned by watchdog over Context expose
Last month, Context published a two-part investigation into the business practices of leading Indian education technology company Byju’s, uncovering harsh working conditions and the mistreatment of customers. In response to this expose – which revealed employees being made to work long hours under threat and aggressive sales tactics targeted at vulnerable and low-income families – the National Commission for Protection of Child Rights (NCPCR) issued summons highlighting the company’s malpractices. This is believed to be the first such notice issued to an edtech company in India over its sales practices.
Human Rights:
Why Germany's coal mine struggle matters to all of us
Luisa Neubauer is a prominent German climate activist who successfully sued the German government over its climate inaction. In this opinion piece for Context, she
unpacks the recent protests against the expansion of the Garzweiler mine, located in the German Rhineland.
For more than two years, activists – including local people, environmentalists and supporters from around the world – occupied Luetzerath to protest the ongoing coal extraction. Despite being evicted, they put a spotlight on the environmental destruction in the region and the urgency to end fossil fuel deals in order to achieve climate justice.
Discover more in our focus areas:
This month we recommend
Read: Survival of the richest: How we much tax the super-rich now to fight inequality | Oxfam
Read: Greta Thunberg's rise from youth activist to global climate leader | Context
Read: What challenges will LGBTQ+ people around the world face in 2023? | Openly
Apply: Call for nominations: UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize 2023 | UNESCO
Explore: Resources map to help practitioners, investors and financial institutions manage sustainability impacts | Impact Management Platform
Opportunities:
Business Development Executive. Based in London, the Business Development Executive will provide project management and administration support to a highly experienced team of fundraisers across a diverse portfolio of corporate, institutional, and bilateral donors. The successful applicant will be a key part of helping the Business Development team to raise £6million+ annually.
Experience Cloud Developer, TrustLaw (FT: 12 months). Based in India, the TrustLaw Portal Developer will help to transform the TrustLaw Members’ Portal – developing features to take it from a simple platform, through which we connect high-impact NGOs and social enterprises with leading law firms and corporate legal teams, to an interactive ecosystem that also offers opportunities for learning, knowledge-sharing, innovation, networking, and collaboration.
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