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Gender gap for mobile access may widen with COVID-19

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INT

Rising mobile phone use has helped advance multiple development goals

Regional gender gaps face policy conflict

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INT

UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have made gender equality a top priority, but progress is slow and uneven

Global gap will widen between aid needed and funded

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INTERNATIONAL

Aid budgets are being cut and priorities are shifting from humanitarian aid when it is needed more than ever

The looming pensions crisis requires policy attention

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INT

Straining pension systems, 25% of people in high-income nations will be aged 65 or more by 2040, twice the share in 2000

Regressive tax bill may offset rising US minimum wages

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UNITED STATES

Minimum wages rose in 22 states in 2017, adding impetus to rising wages for the lowest earners after years of stagnation

Venezuela migrant surge puts stress on host countries

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VENEZUELA

The number of Venezuelans who have left the country since 2015 now exceeds 7 million

Gender equality is a distant but achievable goal

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INT

There has been a robust rise in women’s access to non-agrarian employment and top political offices

China-US intellectual property tension will intensify

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INT

The United States and China are at opposite ends of the intellectual property spectrum -- setting the scene for friction

Education could be an answer to Europeans’ weight gain

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EUROPE

More than half of Europeans are now overweight, a problem particularly among poor, elderly men

Jobs look like Hungarian governing party success story

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HUNGARY

More Hungarians have been brought into the work force but the reserves are nearly used up requiring a new labour policy