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Often doubted by friends and rejected for bank loans, women entrepreneurs in Kenya are challenging stereotypes and finding success in the male-dominated business of import/export.
Kenya’s school lunch program provides critical nutrition for hundreds of thousands of children. But a change in the program’s administration has educators worried about the future of the initiative.
For many, seeking asylum requires repeatedly recounting your story. Conflating persecution with trauma, will have a lasting impact on the mental health and recovery of entire generations who were forced to leave home and rebuild their lives.
A bill designed to eradicate gender inequality in politics, education and employment has been sitting in the Nigerian Senate for eight years. Now the upcoming 2019 election could erode support among key senators.
An extensive survey of the Great Barrier Reef finds that a spike in ocean temperatures in 2016 led to a fall in populations of parrotfish, which keep corals healthy and help them recover from bleaching events by eating harmful algae.
As Russia pushes for refugees to return to Syria, Syrian refugees in Lebanon are increasingly afraid they’ll have no alternative but to go back.
For more than two decades, the Sri Lankan navy has barred residents displaced from the island of Iranaitheevu from returning to their homes. A group of activists have now challenged the navy’s control and have encouraged at least 100 IDPs to return to the region.
African migrants are moving from Italy to Malta to work, but find themselves undocumented and unprotected. Leanne Tory-Murphy reports that Malta’s economy is desperate for workers but the country is in political denial over migration.
Residents of Skibbereen fear the industrial facility would foul their air and water while adding to ocean plastic pollution. The plant is part of a global plastic factory-building boom driven by cheap natural gas.
The state’s Sustainable Groundwater Management Act is likely to result in fallowing thousands of acres of farmland. Local governments are just waking up to the big opportunities, and risks, in how that land gets reused.
The unofficial street traders of Dar Es Salaam used to endure insecure work conditions and harassment from militias. Now a government program is allowing them to make their businesses official for the first time.
Conflict and crisis disrupt the education of more than 80 million children worldwide. But access to high school education in war zones could help diminish support for armed groups, according to a recent study by Mercy Corps.
Without bank accounts, two-thirds of Bangladeshi women are missing out on the chance to take control of their money and have a say in financial decision-making. Low workforce participation and lack of interest from banks are to blame, experts say.
A new study finds that industrial fishing vessels flying the flags of wealthy nations are catching the majority of the world’s fish, adding to a growing discussion over how food security and sustainable fishing are connected.
In many Sudanese communities, men dominate negotiations and peace talks. As coordinator of the Collaborative for Peace of Sudan, it is Rasha El Fangry’s job to convince local – and male – community leaders that women have a crucial role to play in building sustainable peace.
As human milk banks have proliferated, it has raised other concerns – technical, religious and political – and local policymakers would benefit from an international framework that would help them set regulations.
A new initiative in Jordan is helping refugees build a sense of community, filling a gap in support for the “silent killers” of boredom, hopelessness and isolation.
With a dismal snowpack this year and parts of the Rio Grande running dry, a new deal among an environmental group, municipalities and businesses in New Mexico will help restore some flows for the river to benefit the ecosystem and endangered species.
If the United Nations is able to place Yemen’s Hodeida port under it’s control, it would show the global community that there is still place for diplomacy in a war that desperately needs a political solution, writes the Atlantic Council’s Zara Jayant.
Kamala Damor, or Sister Kamala, works with women and girls in rural Gujarat to help them access their right to property and inheritance. She tells her story to Chhavi Sachdev.
A final draft of the state’s plan to increase flows in key tributaries of the Bay-Delta will mean more water for fish but less for urban areas like the San Francisco Bay Area.
New research shows that snails that prey on coral play a bigger role than realized in coral health. But the good news is that reducing fishing can help keep snail populations in check.
Toxic bacteria produced by some algae are a threat to public health. Climate change may be one reason algal blooms have become a growing concern for many water agencies.
The women restaurateurs of Nakuru were hit hard by a recent ban on logging that pushed up cooking fuel prices. But they are turning a profit again thanks to clean-burning briquettes made from human waste.
Last year, a bold initiative set out to locate coral reefs most likely to survive global warming. That turned out to be far easier said than done – but now scientists hope the results will rally attention to regions where there’s hope to save crucial marine ecosystems.
Breaking into the tech industry is never easy for women. It’s even harder in Gaza, under the shadow of conflict. Entrepreneur Ghada Ibrahim shares her experience of trying to build a new life for herself and her family through learning to code.
Somalia’s national security adviser Abdisaid Ali discusses political will, security reforms and how peacebuilding and state-building are at the heart of Somalia’s Transition Plan.
Faced with a 2020 deadline, the International Seabed Authority has a daunting challenge in completing regulations that will fulfill its mandate to allow the mining of deep-sea ecosystems for minerals while protecting unique marine habitats.
Mexico gives poor, jobless moms up to $147 a month to feed and educate their kids. But money with strings attached may actually overburden women while freeing up their husbands’ time and money, Nora Haenn of North Carolina State University writes.
With one of the ocean’s iconic predators globally threatened, a shark tagging program off the shores of Long Island is an effort to understand behaviors of young in a marine region where their numbers may be increasing.
California’s rural-urban divide figures prominently in an important midterm race for the U.S. House of Representatives, where Democratic challenger Josh Harder is attempting to unseat Republican incumbent Jeff Denham.
While some other states monitor water deliveries to farms in real time, California has allowed irrigation districts to submit annual reports on paper. According to one recent analysis, fewer than half are even doing that much.
Researchers and investigators at WomanStats have created one of the most comprehensive databases on the status of women around the world, and are assessing how these data points can help explain the behavior and security of a state.
The collapse of the Rana Plaza building sent shockwaves through Bangladesh and prompted a series of reforms to improve worker safety in garment factories. Five years on, the measures designed to protect employees are also shutting many women out of the workforce.
The Philippines’ call center boom has provided new opportunities for transgender women to earn a decent income and present themselves in their authentic gender identity without fear of discrimination.
There is no end in sight to South Sudan’s conflict, which has destroyed communities and upended the economy. Even when the bullets stop, high rates of stunting – caused by persistent food shortages – will make it difficult for the country to recover.
Four dams on the Klamath River may be simultaneously removed as early as 2021, after years of planning. It’s being hailed as a crucial effort to save salmon, but it won’t solve all the basin’s water problems.
The Taiwanese government is starting to listen to its critics as it works to improve monitoring of conditions for foreign workers on its large long-distance tuna fishing fleet. But local and international labor advocates say reforms aren’t happening quickly enough.
The civil war in Lebanon ended 28 years ago, but the state remains largely divided – even when it comes to how to remember the past. One Lebanese architect is trying to change that, but the road to remembrance has been challenging.
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