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A procession celebrating International Women’s Day 2010 in Sudan. Cities and towns around the world mark the day, observed March 8 each year, with rallies, conferences, art and cultural projects, and lectures. (Photo by UNAMID - Albert Gonzalez Farran) Photo used under CC BY

Women’s Day spotlights victims, activists, heroes

Civic and governmental organizations around the world are recognizing and celebrating International Women‘s Day, more than 100-year-old celebration of women’s social, economic, cultural and political successes worldwide while also calling for gender equality.

allAfrica.com

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Asia shows mixed progress on gender equality

Deutsche Welle

100 Yemenis killed or injured each week in ’18

Around 5,000 civilians in total were either killed or wounded last year, the UNHCR said in a report. A fifth of casualties were children, which counted for 410 deaths and 542 injuries.

The Independent

Venezuelan children left behind prone to hostility

Venezuela’s economic meltdown has triggered an astounding exodus. Many adults fleeing poverty, hunger and lack of access to proper medical care have left children behind.

NPR

Nearly quarter-million Venezuelans sought asylum in 2018, UNHCR says

Thomson Reuters Foundation

ICC urged to investigate Syria’s deportations

Human rights lawyers have urged the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open a preliminary investigation into alleged mass deportations by Syrian authorities.

Al Jazeera

India‘s ’untouchable’ migrants face bias in US

A 2018 survey of 1,200 individuals of South Asian descent in the U.S. found that 26 percent said they had experienced a physical assault because of their caste, while 59 percent reported caste-based derogatory jokes or remarks directed at them.

PRI

China urged to take action on LGBTQ rights

China’s acceptance of the UN Human Rights Council’s recommendations on LGBTQ rights is a milestone, gay rights groups have said, urging Beijing to tackle inequality.

The Himalayan Times

HUMAN RIGHTS

UN rights chief warns of threats from inequality

The UN high commissioner for human rights focused an address to the UN Human Rights Council on threats posed by global inequality.

NPR

Was slavery world’s first human rights violation?

IPS

Mother jailed for 11 years for performing FGM

A judge has sentenced a 37-year-old Ugandan woman to 11 years in jail for performing female genital mutilation (FGM) on her three-year-old daughter, the UK’s Press Association (PA) news agency reported.

CNN

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Thai court disbands party that put up princess

A court in Thailand has voted unanimously to dissolve an opposition political party that nominated a princess as its sole candidate for prime minister, raising concerns about the legitimacy of the upcoming election.

NPR

N. Korea slams US-S. Korea military drills

North Korea has attacked the ongoing joint military exercises between Seoul and Washington as an “open challenge” to the efforts towards peace on the Korean Peninsula.

Al Jazeera

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

China tightens rules on gene editing

Responding to the outcry over the news that one of its scientists produced genetically altered babies, the Chinese government issued draft regulations that would require national approval for clinical research involving gene editing and other high-risk biomedical technologies.

Science Magazine

Scientists discover weight of Milky Way

Researchers came up with the figure by combining data from 46 globular clusters, masses of hundreds of thousands of stars that swarm around the Milky Way’s centre.

Daily Mail

GLOBAL HEALTH

Is war on ‘prediabetes’ good medicine?

In medicine, prevention is usually an unalloyed good. But many diabetes specialists argue that medical and epidemiological data give weak support, at most, for increasingly dire prediabetes admonitions.

Science

A nap a day keeps high blood pressure at bay

New research has found that people who took advantage of a midday snooze were more likely to have a noticeable drop in blood pressure compared with those who didn’t nap.

ScienceDaily

Hookah smokers inhale toxic chemicals

There is growing evidence that hookah smoking affects heart rate and blood pressure, with chronic use linked to an increased risk of heart disease, the AHA has warned.

CNN

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GOOD NEWS

Pilot makes history with honor

A Miami-based pilot made history thanks to her heroic efforts following two devastating hurricanes and received the Air Medal from the US Coast Guard for her efforts.

CBS News

Newspapers add print sections on good news

The Philadelphia Inquirer got an idea from the Minneapolis Star Tribune – focus on the good stuff, too. The Inquirer will launch a print section that focuses on the solutions, stories and people making the region better.

Poynter Institute

CNN Heroes: Gaming and healing

News & Citizen

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Large gifts to higher ed up slightly in 2018

Gifts of at least $10 million to institutions of higher education in 2018 rose just 1 percent on a year-over-year basis and 3 percent in terms of total value.

Philanthropy News Digest

Donations to charity plummeted in 2018

Giving to charity is down among middle- and low-income Americans, which means that the agenda of nonprofits is being ceded to the big donors. Gifts of up to $250 and between $250 and $999 dropped about 4% each.

Fast Company

ENVIRONMENT

Onetime poachers help species come back

In Iran, former poachers are helping some of the country’s rare species to come back.

National Geographic

Green groups sound alarm over Brexit

Leaving the EU could cause “untold damage” to Britain’s ecosystems and undermine its attempts to curb greenhouse gas emissions, green groups warn, calling on the government to prioritize the environment after Brexit.

France24

Climate change is ‘all-encompassing’ issue

MSNBC

ECONOMIC EQUITY

US households see decline in net worth

Household net worth fell at the highest level since the financial crisis, according to Fed data. Net worth at the end of 2018 was at $104.3 trillion, a drop of $3.73 trillion from the third quarter.

CNBC

Groups aim to fight ‘robot apocalypse’

Some alarmists fear a “robot apocalypse,” but diverse groups argue that it’s up to society to shape the future of work.

Phys.Org

Whole Foods workers gain pay, lose hours

As of last November, all Whole Foods employees earn at least $15 an hour, but employees have experienced widespread cuts that have reduced schedule shifts across many stores, often negating wage gains.

Guardian

Photo of the Day

The Central African Republic is now home to more than a million starving children — a humanitarian crisis of epic scale that has largely gone unnoticed. Beset by a raging civil war and looming famine, the Central African Republic is in shambles. (Photo by hdptcar) Photo used under CC BY

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