YEARENDER- Mobile phones top the list of tech speeding up aid operations in 2019 - pollFrom drones delivering children's vaccines in Vanuatu to satellite early warning systems in Africa's drought-ravaged Sahel, technology is revolutionising aid operations |
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INTERVIEW-Help others or go bust, migrant billionaire tells big businessHamdi Ulukaya says the days of companies being run solely to maximise profit for shareholders are over |
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Young Chadians seek to solve blackouts, joblessness with social businessesEntrepreneurs in one of the world's least developed countries are setting up businesses to tackle longstanding problems |
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Skills of tomorrow key to closing global gender pay gapWomen will have to wait 100 years to see parity with men, on average, across health, education, economy and politics |
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'Win-win' in UK as highly skilled refugees find workThe Lincolnshire Refugee Doctor Project is among a handful of initiatives trying to get refugees into careers matching the qualifications they gained back home |
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Smart solar pumps use big data to stop Africa being sucked dryThe pumps' sensors record real-time data such as energy usage and pump speed in each location, which is then used to calculate groundwater extraction rates and levels |
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Global recognition 'opens doors' for peasant groups, right to landRights groups are marking the one-year anniversary of a U.N. agreement, which for the first time recognised the rights of rural groups at an international level |
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Climate damage to Pakistan's cotton crop ripples through economyErratic weather is crippling Pakistan's already ailing cotton sector, and could cost the economy over $3 billion this year |
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New York City to add gender-neutral option to death certificatesA growing number of U.S. jurisdictions have allowed people to select a gender neutral or non-binary option on birth certificates, driver's licenses and identification cards |
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Bogota's first openly gay mayor marries girlfriendWhile Colombia remains socially conservative, legal gains have been made on LGBT+ rights in recent years |
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Backlash against migrant workers in Asia-Pacific sparks slavery concernsMany migrants working in Malaysia, Singapore and Thailand are undocumented, putting them at greater risk of exploitation |
OPINION: The most courageous climate action isn't national, it's in the cities and streetsIt’s time to support young people as they wake up their elders. It may be the only thing that saves us. See you in the streets. I’ll be there, marching beside my daughter. |
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