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Garment suppliers to big brands affected by cost negotiation strategies that cut into their profits put pressure on workers, leading to abuses. The impacts on workers include excessive overtime, underpayment of benefits, insufficient wages, and use of unauthorized subcontractors. (Photo by NYU Stern BHR) Photo used under CC BY

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Demanding fashion labels drive worker exploitation

Pressure by big brands on suppliers to deliver more quickly and cheaply contributes to labor abuses in factories that manufacture garments, footwear and textiles, according to a new report.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Myanmar garment workers demand sacked colleagues get jobs back

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Channel NewsAsia

Tanzanian governor vows mass arrests of LGBT

The regional governor of Tanzania’s largest city, Dar es Salaam, has vowed to arrest people suspected of being gay within a week in an escalating crackdown on LGBT communities in the East African nation.

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CNN

Millions in need excluded from humanitarian aid

More than half the people who need international aid do not receive it, according to the Red Cross. Discrimination against minority groups, holes in government statistics, damaged or insufficient infrastructure, and conflict and violence were all reasons.

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Mothers of stillborns face prison in El Salvador

El Salvadoran women and girls who give birth to stillborn babies are originally charged with abortion, and then ultimately sentenced to decades in prison for “aggravated homicide.”

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Harvard Gazette

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For many in El Salvador, life hangs in the balance, amid fears of brutal gangs

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PBS NewsHour

Austria backs out of UN global migration pact

The Austrian government has said that it won’t sign a global compact to promote safe and orderly migration, citing concerns about national sovereignty as it joined neighboring Hungary in shunning the agreement.

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ABC News

Venezuelans head to Peru as deadline nears

At least 6,000 Venezuelans have lined up at Peru’s northern border in hopes of entering the country before a deadline for acquiring residency, and another 4,000 were due to arrive in the next two days, Peru’s ombudsman’s office said.

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Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

Kurds flee over Baghdad’s punitive governance

Thousands of Kurds leave Iraq using smuggling channels through to Europe, and hundreds die along the way. The longstanding rival politics has limited access to resources for people who are not affiliated with the two ruling parties.

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Al Jazeera

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Forced out of Angola, Congolese migrants left with no food or shelter

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Reuters

Advocates call for inquiry at Canadian prison

Lawyers are calling on investigators to hold an inquiry into the “cesspool of cruelty, corruption and violence” at the jail. A recent investigation revealed inmates at the facility were intentionally harming themselves at high rates.

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CBC News

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Killing of journalist weakens Saudi crown prince

Claims of complicity of the autocratic Saudi crown prince Salman in the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi has weakened the chief architect of the Yemen war and opened a new space for diplomats to operate.

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Guardian

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U.S. calls for ceasefire In Yemen

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NPR

Pakistan clears woman over blasphemy case

Pakistan’s Supreme Court has acquitted a Christian woman convicted for blasphemy, prompting protests by far-right groups that have been demanding her execution for years.

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Al Jazeera

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An insight into the Trump administration’s relationship with the religious right and implications for US politics

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Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Nigerian women take advantage of Whatsapp

WhatsApp has allowed Nigerian women to communicate better, particularly with local politicians, pushing the barriers of norms that typecast them as mothers and housewives.

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Quartz

AI can potentially help stop religious violence

Software that mimics human society is being tested to see if it can help prevent religious violence. However, one independent expert said that the tool needed more work before it could be used in real-life situations.

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BBC

GLOBAL HEALTH

UN demands end to DRC attacks on care teams

The UN Security Council has adopted a resolution calling for an immediate halt to attacks by groups in Congo that are jeopardizing the Ebola outbreak response.

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TIME

Baby defects prompt investigation in France

The national health agency had initially dismissed claims that a cluster of seven infants born with abnormalities near the Swiss border was abnormally high. The agency said a full investigation was under way.

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Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

Community helps radical bookstore move

When October Books, a small radical bookshop in England, was moving to a new location down the street, it faced a problem. To move its stock to the new spot, the shop put out a call for volunteers to act as a human conveyor belt.

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NPR

Woman bequeaths millions to charities in will

A Irish woman has bequeathed $34 million to five charities in a massive windfall for the charity sector. One of those donations equaled $6.7 million to the Irish Cancer Society.

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Irish News

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

UK over reports number of lives saved

The UK government has been criticized by an aid watchdog for exaggerating the number of women’s lives it saved through its maternal health programs. The review said the number of lives saved was significantly below what could have been, given the level of investment.

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Guardian

Global Fund pledges money for Nigeria

The Global Fund has announced an additional humanitarian grant of $660 million to tackle HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and an epidemic of malaria in Nigeria.

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Vanguard

ENVIRONMENT

Climate change report puts Vietnam in danger

Vietnam is among the most vulnerable nations to climate change impacts, according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The country’s expecting more natural disasters due to the effects of climate change.

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Mongabay

Haitian deforestation is nearly complete

Species of reptiles, amphibians and other vertebrates are becoming extinct in Haiti as deforestation has claimed more than 99 percent of the country’s wooded areas.

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ScienceDaily

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Brazil’s new leader promised to exploit the Amazon — but can he?

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National Geographic

ECONOMY AND TRADE

African business summit marred by protest

The German chancellor welcomed 11 African leaders to Berlin to introduce them to CEOs of Germany’s biggest firms. Outside, protesters demanded Germany stop doing business with dictatorships across the continent.

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Poverty threatens 20 percent of Germans

Unemployment is at a historic low in Germany, but millions of people aren’t earning enough to pay their bills or adequately heat their homes. The latest EU figures show poverty poses a greater risk to women.

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88 million Nigerians living in extreme poverty

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A mother holds her baby daughter at a health clinic in the village of Kapua, Kenya. (Photo by Russell Watkins/DFID) Photo used under CC BY

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