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    Prisons you can leave every day
    • May 11

    Prisons you can leave every day

    For 12 hours a day, prisoners in India’s open prisons can leave to go out to work or visit family. In virtually every case, they come back.
    Exhibition challenges stereotypes of sex work
    • Feb 16

    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.
    NZ takes first step to end conversion therapy
    • Feb 14

    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.
    Mexico's Sinaloa state bans bullfighting
    • Feb 9

    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.
    Garment workers win historic victory
    • Dec 27, 2021

    Garment workers win historic victory

    A historic victory over the fashion industry in California is creating ripples for global change.
    Portugal guarantees the ‘right to rest’
    • Dec 23, 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”.
    Black women win property rights after divorce
    • Oct 9, 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.
    Taking down the dams
    • Aug 30, 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.
    Saving Egyptian women from sextortion
    • Jun 19, 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.
    Solar helps women escape sex-for-fish trap
    • Mar 15, 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.
    The police don't have to take every call
    • Feb 7, 2021

    The police don't have to take every call

    Another US city is reporting early success with a program that replaces police with health care workers for some emergency calls.
    Transgender Christians form their own church
    • Dec 10, 2020

    Transgender Christians form their own church

    Pakistan’s Christian transgenders — often mocked, abused and bullied — have finally found some peace and solace in a church of their own.
    Sudan separates church and state
    • Sep 9, 2020

    Sudan separates church and state

    Sudan’s transitional government has agreed to separate ‘church and state’, ending three decades of Islamic rule in the North African nation.
    Iowa restores ex-prisoner voting rights
    • Aug 4, 2020

    Iowa restores ex-prisoner voting rights

    Iowa’s governor has signed an executive order that automatically reinstates the voting rights of Iowans who have completed their sentences.
    Political novices end a state gerrymander
    • Apr 23, 2020

    Political novices end a state gerrymander

    A new independent commission will soon redraw fairer boundaries to correct a flaw that has caused electoral disenfranchisement in Michigan.
    Nature is more than just property
    • Apr 16, 2020

    Nature is more than just property

    The mayor of the Blue Mountains — west of Sydney — is pushing for the Rights of Nature to make it onto the council’s legislative agenda.
    A win for women in India's military
    • Mar 2, 2020

    A win for women in India's military

    India’s Supreme Court has ordered the national government to grant career prospects to women officers on par with men.
    Peach is not the only skin colour
    • Feb 23, 2020

    Peach is not the only skin colour

    Bellen Woodard never thought a single moment in school would see strangers across the US talking about race and identity and childhood.
    Finland boosts parental leave
    • Feb 7, 2020

    Finland boosts parental leave

    From 2021, Finland will significantly increase parental leave.
    Veganism a protected right
    • Jan 15, 2020

    Veganism a protected right

    Veganism has been deemed a philosophical belief to be protected by law.
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