Arts scene more accessible for disabled
Queensland's arts and music scene is becoming more accessible for people with disabilities.
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- Jul 27
Ghana abolishes death penalty
Ghana has become the 29th country in Africa to abolish the death penalty.
- Jun 3
Panama grants rights to sea turtles
Panama recognises the legal right of sea turtles to exist and to flourish, and allow lawsuits should those rights be violated.
- May 17
Avatars come to sign-language translation
Hyper-realistic sign language avatars from a NZ start-up open pathways to learning in the deaf community and can also help in an emergency.
- Apr 14
Reality TV helps public understand sight loss
A new Reality TV series for Britain’s Channel 4, Scared of the Dark, aims to help audiences understand sight loss.
- Jan 5
Metal music goes political in Iran
Metal band TarantisT courageously goes above the radar to call out injustices in Iran.
- Nov 9, 2022
Two more US states approve marijuana
Von November 8, voters in the US states of Maryland and Missouri passed referendums to legalise recreational marijuana.
- Oct 25, 2022
Co-design helps reshape social housing
It’s crunch time for many of Britain’s post-war housing estates. Could co-design provide a model for delivering regeneration at scale?
- Sep 9, 2022
Staying at home but still getting about
Volunteers run a mini-van to transport residents to keep them living longer in the bush.
- Jul 14, 2022
People with dementia working on farms
On Dutch ‘care farms’ people with dementia can tend to livestock, harvest vegetables and make their own decisions.
- May 12, 2022
The prison you can leave every day
For 12 hours a day, prisoners can let themselves out to work or visit family. In virtually every case, they come back.
- Feb 17, 2022
Exhibition challenges stereotypes of sex work
A new art exhibition in London explores the humanity, hypocrisy and — sometimes — humour of the much-maligned sex work industry.
- Feb 15, 2022
NZ takes first step to end conversion therapy
New Zealand has moved to ban conversion therapy, which attempts to forcibly change a person's sexual orientation or gender identity.
- Feb 10, 2022
Mexico's Sinaloa state bans bullfighting
The Mexican state of Sinaloa has unanimously voted to ban bullfighting in the state, classifying it as animal cruelty.
- Dec 28, 2021
Garment workers win historic victory
A historic victory over the fashion industry in California is creating ripples for global change.
- Dec 24, 2021
Portugal guarantees the ‘right to rest’
An amendment to Portugal’s labour code is designed to protect work-life balance by introducing a “right to rest”.
- Oct 10, 2021
Black women win property rights after divorce
Four South African women have successfully overturned a set of archaic marriage laws that denied women equal property rights after divorce.
- Aug 31, 2021
Taking down the dams
When the Elwha River dams fell, it followed decades of successful partnerships to support local indigenous tribes to right historic wrongs.
- Jun 20, 2021
Saving Egyptian women from sextortion
Mohammed Elyamani is using Facebook to confront those who have for many years been sexually exploiting thousands of women across Egypt.
- Mar 16, 2021
Solar helps women escape sex-for-fish trap
With her new solar light, a stallholder in Kenya can catch her own fish at night rather than buy from fishermen who only sell fish for sex.
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