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A mother and child recover from malaria in a hospital in Burundi. One in four health care facilities around the world lack even basic access to water services, exacerbating the spread of drug resistant superbugs, a major report has warned. (Photo by Maria Cierna, Slovak Republic/UNDP) Photo used under CC BY

2B people use clinics that lack water services

Roughly 2 billion people use health facilities lacking basic water services globally – while almost 900 million people use centers with no water services at all. One in five health care facilities do not have toilets – impacting 1.5 billion people.

Telegraph.co.uk

Tool shows mismatch between govt aid, slavery

A new interactive data tool created by the UN University Centre for Policy Research shows a mismatch between where modern slavery occurs, and where governments are spending resources to address it.

UN News

Technology can help us end the scourge of modern slavery. Here’s how

World Economic Forum

Bangladesh dragging feet on garment factory reform

The safety of workers making clothing for global brands could be at risk if Bangladesh’s Supreme Court moves to shut down a factory inspection mechanism set up by European fashion labels, campaigners have said.

Reuters

High levels of rape in Nordic nations

Nordic nations have “disturbingly high” levels of rape despite being gender equality trailblazers, according to a new report which also suggested they were failing victims.

The Independent

Rohingya relocation to island now uncertain

The planned relocation of 100,000 Rohingyas from refugee camps near the Myanmar border to Bhasan Char, an island off the coast of Bangladesh, may not happen.

Asia Times

Global impacts on climate change on the rise

The World Meteorological Organization says that the physical and financial impacts of global warming are accelerating. Record greenhouse gas levels are driving temperatures to “increasingly dangerous levels”, it says.

BBC

Climate change is killing crops in Honduras — and driving farmers north

PBS NewsHour

HUMAN RIGHTS

Myanmar’s farmers under siege from land law

As Myanmar’s farmers struggle to survive, the government has tightened a law on “vacant, fallow and virgin” land, potentially criminalizing millions of farmers and laying the groundwork for unchecked land seizures.

Al Jazeera

Filipino top court orders for drug war evidence

Philippines’ Supreme Court ordered the release of police documents on thousands of killings in the president’s anti-drug crackdown, in a ruling that human rights groups said could shed light on allegations of extrajudicial killings.

TIME

In Manila, death comes by night: Philippines’ drug war in pictures

TIME

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Algerian leader Bouteflika resigns amid protests

Algeria’s President Abdelaziz Bouteflika, who has been in power for 20 years, has resigned after weeks of massive street protests. He had already dropped plans to seek a fifth term as opposition to his rule grew.

BBC

Chicago elects first black, gay woman mayor

Former federal prosecutor Lori Lightfoot won the Chicago mayor’s race, earning support to defeat a longtime political insider and become the first black woman and openly gay person to lead the nation’s third-largest city.

FOX News

Nuclear chief warns of weapon proliferation

Yukiya Amano, Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, warns that with nuclear weapons easier to get than ever before, weapons proliferation is a growing problem among more countries.

CBS News

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists produce bullet-proof spider silk

Scientists have figured out how to genetically alter bacteria to churn out super-strong spider silk. Finding a way to mass produce the material could lead to super-strong fabrics and perhaps even next-generation space suits.

Futurism

Mosquito scent discovery could impact billions

US researchers have genetically modified mosquitoes, making females less likely to spread diseases like dengue and Zika fever.

Al Jazeera

GLOBAL HEALTH

Baby girl born on top of tree during Cyclone Idai

A woman whose home was destroyed from the floods of the deadly cyclone that hit southern Africa last month gave birth to a baby girl while atop a mango tree.

FOX News

Cyclone Idai: Number of cholera cases surges in Mozambique

Al Jazeera

Toxic air shortens children’s lives by 20 months

The State of Global Air 2019 study reports that the life expectancy of children born today will be shortened by 20 months on average by breathing toxic air, with the greatest toll in south Asia.

Guardian

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GOOD NEWS

UK woman creates newspaper with good news

Emily Coxhead, 24, is the creator of the Happy Newspaper which consists of only positive news. While she believes people need to be aware of what’s happening globally, she says that they need to hear about good things too.

BBC

The full list of UK people who make life better for others

The Independent

Zimbabwean grandmother delivers aid on foot

In Zimbabwe, 71-year-old Plaxedes Dilon lugged aid six miles on foot to the Highlands Presbyterian Church in Harare, where volunteers are coordinating relief efforts for the victims of Cyclone Idai.

CNN

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Rockefeller awards $42M for climate efforts

The Rockefeller Foundation announced grants totaling $42 million to the Adrienne Arsht Center for Resilience at the Atlantic Council and Rockefeller Philanthropy Advisors in support of global climate resilience.

Philanthropy News Digest

NGO helps disabled Hongkongers get jobs

Hong Kong’s CareER works to break down the barriers facing disabled jobseekers, who often have difficulty finding employment. The poverty rate among people with disabilities is twice as much as general population.

South China Morning Post

ENVIRONMENT

Warming oceans killing dolphins, study says

After a heat wave struck the waters of Western Australia in 2011, scientists noticed that warmer ocean temperatures caused fewer dolphin births and decreased the animal’s survival rate.

CNN

Stunning photos of climate change

CBS News

CO2-extracting tech gets fuel giants’ backing

A technology that removes carbon dioxide from the air in a cost-effective way has received significant backing from major fossil fuel companies. But activists are worried that it will be used to extract even more oil.

BBC

ECONOMIC EQUITY

Many men think gender pay gap is fake news

The gender pay gap has its own holiday but many men think it’s just a conspiracy. A survey of 8,566 American adults found that 46 percent of men believed pay gap “is made up to serve a political purpose.”

New York Post

Disney hit with gender pay gap class action suit

Vox

Cameroon’s farmers ‘spicing up’ their earnings

A government program in Cameroon is providing training and funds to help farmers process and package local spices and herbs, boosting their incomes and protecting forests.

Thomson Reuters Foundation

Photo of the Day

Children in Sindh, Pakistan, play at a water pump in a village in December 2010, where the UK supported refurbishment of water pumps after devastating floods. According to the UN, 2.1 billion people lack access to safely managed drinking water, and one of the Sustainable Development Goals is to ensure access to water and sanitation for all by 2030. (Photo by DFID/Russell Watkins) Photo used under CC BY

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