Protests in South America are highlighting a crisis of femicide and gender-based violence.
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** Protests in South America are highlighting a crisis of femicide and gender-based violence.
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Protests against femicide, oppression, restrictive abortion rights, pay disparities, and gender-based violence erupted across Latin America and the Caribbean on International Women's Day. Last year, 4,473 women in Latin America were killed because of their gender.
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** Top bills: March 6-10
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Each week, Causes.com updates the most-viewed bills and resolutions in Congress.
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** Transgender youth are experiencing a mental health crisis
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In 2021, the Trevor Project, an LGBTQ+ youth crisis organization, found that 25% of the 1,717 Black transgender and nonbinary youth they interviewed had attempted suicide in the past year. Only 13% reported having a supportive home environment.
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** RESTRICT Bill: Banning TikTok?
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The bill would give the administration the capacity to ban Chinese-owned TikTok and any foreign-based technologies that pose a risk to national security.
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** New railroad by the Colorado River raises concerns over the environment and public health
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A newly proposed Uinta oil railroad is to be built alongside the Colorado River in Utah, which many say will threaten the health of the surrounding environment and millions of Americans in the region.
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** And, In The End...
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