Actress Mira Sorvino calls for action on pimps, buying sex to end traffickingSorvino, a U.N. Goodwill Ambassador to Combat Human Trafficking, says there are too few prosecutions compared with millions of people trafficked globally |
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Pepper spray and punches: S. Africans ready for Women's DayAhead of International Women's Day, South African women learn self-defence to stop violence |
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'I was waiting to die': In Russia, HIV+ migrants fear death and deportationRussia deports HIV positive migrants and many gay people fear getting tested because of homophobia |
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Denied in life, India's lower-caste Dalits fight for land in deathTraditional burial grounds are targeted by developers and higher-caste Hindus, and in some areas Dalits have lost their burial ground to elites |
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Africa's first elected female president to train 'wave' of women leadersEllen Johnson Sirleaf is launching a new initiative to help African women compete with men in leadership positions |
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Nearly everyone is biased against women, U.N. research findsPrejudice against women includes thinking that university education is more important for men or that they deserve jobs more |
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Bangladesh minister urges women to work, pledges to tackle sexual violenceThe women's minister hailed the contribution of female workers and pledged to crack down on sexual violence that deters some from getting jobs |
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China's coronavirus slowdown hits workers in India's diamond hubDiamond workers already struggling on low salaries say wages are being delayed and work drying up as COVID-19 hits the economy |
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Flying high: Brazilian tribe keeps watch over forest with dronesIndigenous forest defenders are turning to technology to watch out for illegal loggers and others who threaten their land |
OPINION: Why women succeed at social entrepreneurshipSocial entrepreneurship is a nascent sector, free from beliefs about what its leaders should look like or where they should come from |
OPINION: We must invest differently to support women and girlsMany of the structural issues at the root of gender inequality are locked in and magnified by our current financial system |
OPINION: Restoring nature could be Europe's saviourIn Europe, almost a quarter of wild species are at risk of dying out and many ecosystems are too degraded to sustain their social and economic benefits |
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