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A young girl carrying water at the Tomping civilian protection site in South Sudan. Early enforced marriage has long been practiced in South Sudan. Rights groups believe that the percentage of child brides has soared as women and children have borne the brunt of a five-year civil war that has ravaged the country, sparking one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises. (Photo by UN Photo/Eskinder Debebe) Photo used under CC BY

Poverty, hunger driving child brides in S. Sudan

More than 7 million people of South Sudan are currently in need of humanitarian aid while there are over five million who are going hungry. Oxfam warned that the rising hunger and poverty has forced families to promise their daughters in exchange for supplies and food.

The Independent

South Sudan rife with human rights abuses

KIRO 7

Indian court orders eviction of 1.1M indigenous

India’s Supreme Court has ordered the eviction of more than 1 million indigenous people and others who live in forests, after the federal government failed to defend a law aimed at protecting their rights.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Black LGBTQ youth feel depressed, unsafe; report

The Human Rights Campaign has released its 2019 Black and African American LGBTQ Youth Report which says black kids live at a fraught intersection of race and sexual identity and are often in danger of derailing.

Fortune

Vatican opens landmark sex abuse summit

Under the banners of accountability and transparency, Pope Francis has opened an unprecedented summit on sex abuse in the Catholic Church. He said that serial criticizers of the Church were in league with the devil.

Deutsche Welle

There are rules for priests who father children

USA TODAY

UN urges Indonesia to respect Papuans’ rights

Five independent experts linked to the UN human rights office are calling for quick and impartial investigations of mistreatment by Indonesian security forces of indigenous Papuans, including alleged killings, unlawful arrests and use of snakes to terrorize.

FOX News

Group accuses DRC police of executing 27

An international rights group has accused Congolese police of summarily executing at least 27 people, some of whom were bound, strangled and mutilated, in a crackdown on gangs in the capital Kinshasa.

NEWS.com.au

HUMAN RIGHTS

S.Korean subsidies encourage bride buying

More than 35 municipal governments in South Korea have implemented by-laws providing marriage subsidies to local men who tie the knot with foreign brides, to increase the population and stem the rural exodus.

Straits Times

Separatists kidnapping children in Cameroon

In the fight for independence from the Francophone majority, separatists in the English-speaking regions of Cameroon are now kidnapping children to use as a bargaining chip, with reports of some, abused and tortured.

Deutsche Welle

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

France plans to crackdown on anti-Semitism

French President Emmanuel Macron has announced measures to tackle anti-Semitism, following attacks. France will recognize anti-Zionism as a form of anti-Semitism, and vote on a new law to tackle hatred on the internet.

BBC

Russia votes to ban smartphone use by military

Russia’s parliament has voted to ban its soldiers from using smartphones and social networks after a series of open-source investigations revealed their secret participation in foreign conflicts.

Guardian

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Pinterest blocks vaccination-related searches

Social networks have made a number of efforts to halt the spread of anti-vaccination myths, but Pinterest recently took things a step further: it’s curbing all talk about vaccination.

Engadget

Could squids be a green alternative to plastics?

The remarkable properties of a recently-discovered squid protein could revolutionize materials in a way that would be unattainable with conventional plastic, finds a recent study.

Phys.org

GLOBAL HEALTH

Egypt launches program to tackle baby boom

Egyptians prefer large families, but they come with significant economic costs for both parents and the country. The Egyptian government is now trying to tackle the galloping birthrate with its “Two Are Enough” program.

OZY

The world might actually run out of people

Wired

Pregnant women to be given Ebola vaccine

Pregnant, breastfeeding women will be given experimental Ebola vaccine, marking a U-turn in WHO policy. Studies of previous outbreaks show that 80 to 90 per cent of all pregnant women who contracted the disease died.

Telegraph.co.uk

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GOOD NEWS

Officer leaves $100 tip for pregnant waitress

A police officer anonymously left a pregnant waitress a $100 tip on a $9 order at a diner in New Jersey along with a very sweet message ‘Enjoy your first. You will never forget it’.

WSBT

Mood-forecasting tech could stop bad moods

Scientists say technology can be used to track our psychological health in ways never before possible. By spotting early signs of emotional distress, the new apps and wearables could soon help preserve our mental well-being.

NBCNews.com

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Wells Fargo’s 2% pledge generates $444M

Wells Fargo gave $444 million in grants to nonprofits in 2018 — the first year of its commitment to give away at least 2 percent of its after-tax profits annually.

The Chronicle of Philanthropy

Institutions rethinking gifts from Sackler family

Several prominent universities, museums, and nonprofits are reviewing their philanthropic relationship with the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, an opioid-based pain medication.

Philanthropy News Digest

Spring cleaning? Not all charity boxes are helping who you think

WFTV

ENVIRONMENT

Female sailors take on plastic in the Pacific

The Sea Dragon, with an all-woman crew of 14, launched from Hawaii in mid-June to collect garbage from the Pacific. They are helping a marine scientist make sense of what kind of plastic is out there in the ocean.

Guardian

In pictures: The plastic pollution pandemic

Greenpeace.org

Restoring forests would even a decade’s CO2

Replenishing the world’s forests on a grand scale would suck enough carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to cancel out a decade of human emissions, according to an ambitious new study.

The Independent

Global climate targets will be missed as deforestation rises

CNN

Galapagos tortoise spotted after a century

A species of giant tortoise believed to have been extinct for more than 100 years has been discovered on the Galapagos island of Fernandina, according to Ecuador’s government. It was last seen alive in 1906.

CNN

ECONOMIC EQUITY

Why have retail layoffs been piling up in USA?

From Payless and Charlotte Russe to Toys “R” Us, the chain store liquidations in the United States just keep coming, putting tens of thousands of workers out of their jobs. Is the retail industry about to collapse?

CNN

Lyft agrees to pay drivers minimum wage in NY

Following new laws introduced last year, Lyft has agreed to pay its drivers the minimum wage of $15 an hour in New York, a union representing the drivers said.

Engadget

Photo of the Day

Children at Sunday school in Adamaoua, Cameroon in 2007. The Anglophone Crisis has deprived thousands of children of the chance of an education, which is widely recognized as the best way out of poverty. (Photo by Elin B @ Nordic Touch) Photo used under CC BY

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