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All posts tagged "world"
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Sewing a way out of sex work in Spain
By Sophie Davies | Thomson Reuters Foundation Paid work – making clothes – is a path back to normality, they say, a way to feel useful, not used, and learn how to fit into society after being...
- Posted July 28, 2019
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After #MeToo, U.S. women seen reporting less workplace harassment
By Lin Taylor | Thomson Reuters Foundation #MeToo movement began in 2017 as a response to accusations of sexual assault and harassment in Hollywood LONDON, July 17 – From leering and unwanted touching to being asked for sexual...
- Posted July 18, 2019
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As Venezuela’s healthcare collapses, pregnant women, girls bear brunt of crisis
By Anastasia Moloney | Thomson Reuters Foundation Millions of Venezuelans have fled the country to escape an economic and political crisis that has left about seven million – one in four – in need of humanitarian aid...
- Posted July 8, 2019
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Asian firms with women leaders deliver better financial results
By Beh Lih Yi | Thomson Reuters Foundation Firms whose boards were at least 30% female generated more income from their assets than those with all-male boards. KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 – Companies with female directors outperform those...
- Posted June 29, 2019
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U.S. names first Native American woman poet laureate
By Ellen Wulfhorst | Thomson Reuters Foundation The job of U.S. poet laureate is raising national appreciation of reading and writing poetry, and they often launch projects to expand the audience for poetry. NEW YORK, June 19 – The...
- Posted June 20, 2019
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Richest countries skimp on parental leave: UNICEF
By Kate Ryan | Thomson Reuters Foundation Australia and New Zealand offer only eight weeks maternity leave and the United States offers no time. NEW YORK, June 13 – Some of the wealthiest nations in the world...
- Posted June 13, 2019
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Abortion map shows U.S. bans in ‘stark contrast’ to global trend
By Emma Batha | Thomson Reuters Foundation Reproductive rights experts say bans do not stop abortions but drive them underground, causing an estimated 23,000 deaths a year. VANCOUVER, June 4 – A new world map of abortion laws...
- Posted June 4, 2019
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Pope names women to key Vatican department for first time
More than half of the world’s 1.3 billion Catholics are women and the membership of female religious orders is about three times larger than that of male orders. By Philip Pullella | Thomson Reuters Foundation VATICAN CITY,...
- Posted May 24, 2019
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Malaysia’s first female top judge is ‘big step’ for women’s justice
By Beh Lih Yi | Thomson Reuters Foundation Women’s rights groups hope the appointment will help tackle the low conviction rates in cases like rape and domestic violence. KUALA LUMPUR, May 3 – In a rare move...
- Posted May 4, 2019
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U.N. to probe sex-for-food aid allegations after Mozambique’s Cyclone Idai
By Nita Bhalla | Thomson Reuters Foundation Community leaders were accused of demanding money from survivors so they could receive aid, while others coerced women into having sex for a bag of rice. NAIROBI, April 26 – The United...
- Posted April 27, 2019