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At Laos’ first-ever national conference on family planning, attendees presented the issue as vital not only for women’s health, but also for the country’s economic development.
Syrian refugee women in Ontario have launched their own successful catering business, Karam Kitchen. It helps them not only to support their families financially but also to improve their English and meet more people in their new home.
Syrian refugee women in Ontario have launched their own successful catering business, Karam Kitchen. It helps them not only to support their families financially but also to improve their English and meet more people in their new home.
A report from a conservation group working in New Mexico provides an alternative plan to help an overtapped Rio Grande by changing where water is stored in the river system.
Recent mobile app games, comics and graphic novels are seeking to bring refugee voices to the fore through these new mediums for information-sharing and storytelling.
Recent mobile app games, comics and graphic novels are seeking to bring refugee voices to the fore through these new mediums for information-sharing and storytelling.
One of the fixtures on Kabul’s dining scene is the only restaurant in the country run and staffed by women, all of whom have survived abuse at the hands of men in their families.
The recent government offensive against three rebel-held districts in Damascus is the first step in a major push to pressure the Eastern Ghouta, the last opposition-held enclave in the Damascus suburbs and one of Russia’s four proposed “de-escalation zones.”
A new report warns that Arizona could suffer the most pain if Lake Mead’s shrinkage triggers a shortage declaration. The state has done a lot to prepare, but more drastic steps may be necessary.
‘De-escalation zones’ are at the forefront of the current Geneva peace talks. Russia has tailored them to the geopolitical needs of nearly every stakeholder involved in the crisis, effectively resulting in a partition of western Syria, writes analyst Lorenzo Trombetta.
From Swiss glacier expertise to weather forecasting to assessing northerly fish stocks, the Arctic Council’s newcomers share how they plan to help create a better understanding of circumpolar issues.
Climate change is the single biggest threat to native salmonids in California, according to a new study from California Trout and the University of California, Davis.
Advocates say the Philippines’ restrictive reproductive health policies and almost nonexistent sex education make its young migrant women vulnerable to unplanned pregnancy when they live and work abroad.
Refugees arriving in Seattle have found themselves in the middle of a regional housing crisis. A network for Congolese refugees, the top nationality for refugee resettlement in the U.S. last year, is trying to help them find shelter in the booming tech city.
In our first year, we’ve brought you insights into the lives of women and girls around the world. We look back on the best of our coverage, and give a hint of what’s to come in the year ahead.
We’ve made some significant progress in gender equality in the past year, but there’s still a long way to go. Our panel of experts share their views on what’s next.
In its first year, Women & Girls published dozens of photographs taken by our talented contributors all over the world. Here’s a look back at some of the most memorable images.
Caste-based discrimination is illegal in India, but members of the Dalit community are often still treated as ‘untouchables.’ Documenting the lives of Dalits across South Asia, photojournalist Sara Hylton meets women who endure daily humiliations with dignity.
As the council’s chairmanship passes to Finland, Arctic nations recognize the impact of abrupt warming to their region, agree to curb black carbon emissions and aim to boost scientific cooperation.
With two major reservoirs on the Colorado River, Lake Powell and Lake Mead, sitting half empty, will a new hydrologic reality be enough to push for big management changes? One conservation group hopes so.
News Deeply is launching a news and information platform to cover critical ocean issues for a global community of scientists, explorers, policymakers and citizens.
The U.S. decision to directly arm Kurdish units of the Syrian Democratic Forces fighting ISIS could harm U.S. relations with Ankara and cause further instability within Syria and Turkey, but it was a “necessary” step against ISIS, Kurdish politicians and fighters said.
Experts say the U.S. decision to arm Kurdish forces in Syria will strengthen U.S.-backed forces fighting ISIS and result in possible tacit agreements between the U.S. and unlikely partners.
As the Arctic Ocean’s spring sea-ice cover shrinks, microscopic zooplankton are declining with serious ramifications for the region’s food chain, from fish to seals to polar bears.
Warm currents are working their way into parts of the Arctic Ocean, disturbing the layer-cake-like composition of the water column and heating up the surface.
HAKAI MAGAZINE: Scientists are using an underwater drone to study a mysterious new sound channel in the Beaufort Sea, where sounds now travel four times farther than they did 10 years ago.
As the climate changes, the Arctic Ocean beckons Pacific salmon and other species from the south. What remains to be seen is whether this will benefit the Inuit or trigger an international race to exploit emerging resources in the central Arctic Ocean.
A new report finds that the “staggering” rate of warming in the world’s oceans is shifting fisheries, spreading disease and altering the behavior of many marine species around the world – including in the Arctic.
Two UC Davis scientists say that there are at least five “gray areas” when looking at species extinction, which form a crucial distinction when assessing how to help protect endangered species and their habitats.
Researchers in the Bering Sea are using autonomous sailing vessels, powered by the sun and wind, to collect data on ocean conditions, fish and marine mammals in a rapidly changing, biologically rich area.
Four Arctic nations are submitting claims to the U.N. Commission on the Limits of the Law of the Sea to gain control of the ocean floor beyond the 200-nautical-mile limit. It’s not a race, but a huge scientific process.
Researchers are discovering a growing amount of plastic litter in the polar landscape and in the stomachs of marine birds. The trend is predicted to worsen as Arctic sea ice shrinks and shipping traffic increases, but slowing it will require a global effort.
Churchill’s belugas may be heading for trouble, and Jack Orr wants to help them. He is tagging the whales in order to track them – and so establish their preferred habitat as part of a program to protect the belugas from the effects of climate change.
As Arctic sea ice retreats, fisheries in the Barents Sea are pushing northward to Svalbard to find their next catch. But knowledge about these waters is limited, leaving some worried that the extra fishing activity could have harmful effects on the environment.
Trapped by deep ocean pressure and cold temperatures along continental shelves, methane hydrates could be an energy windfall or a looming disaster. Norway is spending millions to discover whether this ice-like form of natural gas will prove boon or bane.
By speaking out about how she was abused by her husband, a Palestinian domestic violence survivor helped launch a conversation about the need to reform the Palestinian Penal Code to protect women.
Some residents along Alaska’s coast say it’s becoming tougher to obtain seal oil – not for lack of seals, but due to changing ice conditions and the fact that fewer young people are going hunting.
Tropical storm Dineo destroyed the homes and livelihoods of hundreds of Zimbabwean women, who are now struggling to get back to work and rebuild their lives. Experts say such disasters disproportionately affect women, who do more unpaid tasks than men.
Seven years of economic depression have not been kind to the city blocks around 17 Halkokondyli St., the office of the Greek ombudsman in downtown Athens. An alphabet soup of graffiti has been splattered across empty storefronts where “for rent” stickers alternate with ads for closing-down sales. Of the two grand squares nearby, Victoria is haunted by touts for people-smuggling gangs, while Omonia is home to a run-down hotel where stolen passports are rented to desperate migrants for $3,200 a go.
Thanks to a new handcrafts initiative in Istanbul, Syrian refugee women find confidence and artistic expression making earrings, as well as providing extra income for their households.
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