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Stagnating US women’s rights may set global pace

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INTERNATIONAL

The action urges women to strike or avoid making purchases to highlight women’s importance in society. It follows marches in the United States and across the world on January 21…

Inequality will deepen global health divide

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INTERNATIONAL

Health and income inequality correlation.

Pandemic will widen major gender gaps

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INTERNATIONAL

Gender costs of the pandemic.

Pandemic will worsen Latin America's gender inequality

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LATIN AMERICA

However, according to the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), the coronavirus pandemic may undo more than a decade’s progress on labour…

Overlooked consequences could harm women's rights

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INTERNATIONAL

Assessment of women's empowerment policies.

Abortion ruling creates new risks for US tech firms

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US

The troves of personal data that they accumulate, the vulnerability of their platforms, products and services to charges of 'aiding and abetting' abortion, and the ubiquity of…

Pandemic takes tough toll on informal women workers

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INT

Policy measures taken in response to the economic crisis created by the pandemic have largely been gender-blind, exacerbating the long-standing economic precarity and gender…

Africa will get old before it gets rich

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AFRICA

Implications of demographic shifts in Africa.

Prospects for sustainable development goals in 2021

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PROSPECTS 2021

Before the onset of COVID-19, no country was on track for achieving all 17 SDGs, including high income countries. In the wake of the pandemic, the challenges are significantly…

Pakistan’s rising population will strain resources

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PAKISTAN

Pakistan's overpopulation problem.