The Pakistani parliament has approved a law that significantly strengthens the protection against violence and harassment of women in the workplace. The new law enacted by the Pakistan Human Rights Authority, with the help and pressure of...
Despite alarms that the new covid variant omicron is now spreading around the world, a majority still seems to believe that 2022 will be a better year than 2021. In any case, a survey by the market research company Ipsos shows. They asked 22,000...
Land ownership rights for women, young people, and persons with disabilities have been strengthened as a result of a political change implemented by Zambia. The decision is hailed as a major victory for the country’s efforts to advance gender...
The number of adult tigers in India’s Mana National Park has more than quadrupled in the last ten years, rising from 10 in 2010 to 38 in 2021. It is estimated that between 2001 and 2004, there were no tigers in the park, which had been...
The new carbon sequestration technology developed by the startup business Phykos will open the door for a new form of carbon capture. Seaweed may be cultivated below the surface of the water and then lowered to the seabed with the help of automated...
After voting in a referendum, about 65 percent of the Swiss people supported the government’s plan for “marriage for all.” Partnerships had previously been established in Switzerland for same-sex couples, but they have not...
The Supreme Court of Mexico concurred with the lower courts in its decision to eliminate abortion-related penalties from the country’s penal code. Abortion rights have previously been severely restricted in 28 of Mexico’s 32 states, but...
The Slovak parliament has rejected a plan to impose further limits on women’s freedom to choose abortion. The measure was introduced by Anna Zaborska, a member of Parliament from the populist political organization Ordinary People and...
Foreign visitors were allowed into India for the first time in 19 months on October 15, when the country opened its borders. The corona epidemic has had a devastating impact on the country. During the months of April and May of this year...
On Tuesday, British Member of Parliament Stella Creasy brought her infant to work in the House of Commons. According to a reprimanding email that was sent afterward, she would not have taken such a step. It refers to a rule book that stipulates that...