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In the Philippines, lack of divorce laws means hefty annulment fees, no division of assets and no child support for women whose marriages break down. But a new bill is trying to change that.
The Syrian government has targeted a number of hospitals and medical clinics in East Ghouta recently, complicating attempts to provide life-saving care to the nearly 400,000 people trapped under bombardment, writes journalist Areeb Ullah.
A Wave Glider named Europa is slowly crossing the Pacific, listening for whale songs. If the robot finds evidence that humpbacks congregate in the remote open ocean, it could help scientists protect endangered populations of the marine mammal.
After decades of work, a water compact with Montana’s Blackfeet Nation was finally settled last year. But the federal government still needs to come up with more than $400 million to fund water improvement projects.
In Kenya, an estimated three in 100 children are living with cerebral palsy. The full-time care they require means mothers often have to quit – or are fired from – their jobs, leaving them with little support or protection from the government.
Although much has been written about Syrian refugee women in Turkey being sold into marriage, little is known of the Syrian men selling themselves in wedlock. Two such refugees share their stories to shed light on what they say is a growing trend.
A research initiative launched in the Northeast Atlantic will gather data on how rising temperatures and other changes at the base of the food chain will affect the region’s fisheries and marine ecosystems.
The East African country has turned to biofortified orange-fleshed sweet potatoes to help curb vitamin A deficiency, urging people to make the root vegetable a regular part of their diet. The rest of the world is watching.
Although much has been written about Syrian refugee women in Turkey being sold into marriage, little is known of the Syrian men selling themselves in wedlock. Two such refugees share their stories to shed light on what they say is a growing trend.
Using selective logging and controlled burns, Ashland has reduced fire risk on thousands of acres in the forested watershed that provides the city’s drinking water. The partnership that made it happen could be a model for other fire-prone communities.
When researchers reconstructed historical data using modern techniques, they determined that nations have not accurately accounted for past fish catches. But a top U.N. fisheries official disputes the scientists’ methodology and conclusions.
Neglect breeds crime and violence at Cara di Mineo in Sicily, where residents trade cigarettes in order to get by as they wait for asylum decisions. A new trial is expected to reveal the profiteers of Italy’s failing reception system.
The Idlib Health Directorate is a model for local networks providing public services in opposition-controlled areas and for rebuilding northwestern Syria’s shattered healthcare system, writes Abdulkarim Ekzayez, a Syrian medical doctor and fellow at Chatham House.
As Washington tries to balance development in rural areas with the needs of rivers, fish and water users, its lessons may be helpful for other Western states.
Thirty years of controversy has followed the transgenic technology that produces fast-growing fish but now it has finally arrived in Canada and could soon come to the United States. Will it live up to its claims of making seafood more sustainable?
In rural India, women face a host of social barriers to work, including ingrained notions of what women can do. One project brings together NGOs, corporations and the government to help women smash gender biases and join the workforce.
As New York’s American Museum of Natural History digitizes its vast collections, it wants to use that historic data to help scientists understand how imperiled ecosystems are changing today. But coders at a recent hackathon discovered just how big a challenge that is.
The U.S. coalition’s show of force against a pro-government attack in Deir Ezzor last week is not a change in American engagement policy, but a sign that Washington’s interest in Syria will increasingly come under threat.
Women in the developing world are increasingly suffering from obesity. Experts aren’t exactly sure why – or what to do about it.
Concerning forecasts for runoff into the Rio Grande and the Colorado River are just the start of the bad news for the West as California and other southwestern states face warm weather, below average precipitation and paltry snowpack.
In our latest Deeply Talks, experts from Vulcan and Schmidt Marine Technology Partners discuss new technologies being developed and deployed around the world to stop illegal fishing, which is depleting valuable fish species and devastating other marine life.
Charles Moore, who first sailed the so-called Great Pacific Garbage Patch in 1997, has returned five times over 15 years to document the concentrations of plastic in the ocean. His results show microplastics are accumulating at a rapid rate.
Tropical coastal mangroves are increasingly found in the world’s temperate zones. Samantha Chapman, a biologist at Villanova University, explains how her research has documented their dramatic growth into Florida’s salt marsh turf and why that raises questions about the future of coastlines.
The downing of an Israeli warplane on Saturday threatened to escalate tensions between Israel and Iran. But now the two adversaries are actively trying to avoid a full blown confrontation, writes Israeli security and intelligence commentator Yossi Melman.
The recent uptick in clashes between Israel, Iran and Syria risks circling the conflict back to decades-old hostilities between Damascus and Tel Aviv in battles over the Golan Heights.
An initial review by the California Water Commission slashed the ‘public benefits’ claimed by project applicants, prompting outrage in some quarters. Others say the process is working exactly as voters intended.
Botswana has ambitious plans to address high rates of stunting and other forms of undernutrition among children. Those efforts are being hurt by a lack of information on who needs the services, according to nutrition officials.
A decade of research has found that the muscles and eggs of birds in the far-flung Aleutian Islands contain endocrine-disrupting phthalates from plastics the animals have ingested, prompting Alaskan tribes to begin testing native foods for contamination.
As the route to Australia has shut, Indonesia is making a reluctant and contradictory switch from being a transit country. But refugees there often face a struggle to survive.
Family, marriage and culture are among the factors that influence black women’s experiences as scientists, writes Ndoni Mcunu of the University of the Witwatersrand.
Experts weigh in on the U.N. refugee agency’s “zero draft” of the Refugee Compact, a global deal on transforming refugee response set to be agreed this year.
Numerous cities in the San Francisco Bay Area now have “Adopt a Drain” programs where volunteers help keep storm drains clear of debris, improving water quality and preventing flooding.
The E.U. is spending millions in development aid in sub-Saharan Africa in an effort to dissuade migration to Europe. But in countries like Burkina Faso, people think very differently about migration, IRIN News reports.
After decades of conflict, Afghanistan is home to around 2.5 million widows, with an average age of 35. Struggling to support themselves and unaware of their rights, these young women also suffer under cultural customs that leave them isolated and impoverished.
New research documents how important the algae that thrive under sea ice are to the Arctic food chain. But as sea ice disappears and the region warms, the timing and abundance of ice algae blooms is in flux.
As Southern California communities look to rebuild after enduring devastating wildfires and mudslides, there is a growing call for more focus on forest resilience and smarter planning.
Having failed to achieve tangible progress at the Syrian Congress of National Dialogue in Sochi, Moscow will instead be forced to rely on military means to achieve its goals in Syria, according to journalist and analyst Neil Hauer.
As delegates gather for this year’s World Urban Forum, one urgent question is how to ensure urbanization doesn’t make it even harder for women in the informal economy to earn money and support their families.
They are the hidden cost of Rodrigo Duterte’s drug war in the Philippines: single, teenage mothers whose partners have been killed by police or vigilantes. And without a job or government support, it’s near impossible for them to support their children.
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