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Afghan boys working at brick kiln. The theme for World Day Against Child Labor 2019 is ‘Children shouldn’t work in fields, but on dreams!’ This year also marks 20 years since the adoption of the ILO’s Worst Forms of Child Labor Convention, 1999. (Photo by ILO in Asia and the Pacific) Photo used under CC BY

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152M children worldwide victims of child labor

On World Day Against Child Labor 2019, the International Labor Organization is celebrating 100 years of advancing social justice and promoting decent work and looking back on progress achieved in view of support to countries on tackling child labor.

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Illegal child labor rampant in Inda

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Indian factories endangering workers’ health

A Thomson Reuters Foundation expose based on interviews with about 100 women in Tamil Nadu’s multi-billion dollar garment industry found all of them were given unlabelled drugs at work for period pains, and more than half said their health suffered.

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Yahoo! News

Climate to pose threat to peace in next decade

Nearly a billion people live in areas at high risk from global warming and about 40% are in countries already struggling with conflict, says Institute for Economics and Peace.

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Thomson Reuters Foundation

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Climate change: Warming oceans may reduce sea life by 17%

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Al Jazeera

Iran to let people report others’ moral crimes

Iran is to launch a text-messaging service to allow self-appointed guardians of morality in Tehran to turn in their neighbors or strangers for violating murky codes of public conduct, officials have said.

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The Independent

Japan’s sex abuse survivors demand reforms

Survivors of sexual abuse and their supporters have rallied in nine cities across Japan to protest against recent court acquittals of alleged rapists and urge reform of the country’s anti-rape law.

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Al Jazeera

LGBTQ refugees in Kenya slum face attacks

Scores of LGBTQ refugees are in desperate need of emergency shelter after facing homophobic threats, violence and eviction warnings from community members in a Nairobi slum.

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Reuters

HUMAN RIGHTS

What’s behind the growing violence in Mali?

Semi-nomadic Fulani herders and settled Dogon farmers have lived side by side in Mali for centuries, but “jihadist” armed groups and ethnic militia have inflamed tensions between the groups and led to violence.

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Al Jazeera

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Six years after Islamist militants were routed, Mali still struggles with violence

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National Geographic

Cost of global violence estimated at $14T a year

Violence is costing the world more than $14 trillion a year, or $1,853 for every person alive, according to newly-published research by the Institute for Economics & Peace.

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Forbes

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Global Peace Index 2019: Which countries are the most peaceful in the world?

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Euro News

DEMOCRACY AND GOVERNANCE

Ecuador court legalizes same-sex marriage

Ecuador’s highest court has ruled to recognize same-sex marriage, marking a watershed moment for LGBTQ rights in the Catholic-majority country.

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CNN

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29 countries where same sex marriage is officially legal

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USA TODAY

Pentagon emits more harmful gas than Portugal

The U.S. creates more planet-warming greenhouse gas emissions through its defense operations alone than industrialized countries such as Sweden and Portugal, researchers said.

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Guardian

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Britain, first G7 nation with zero emission target

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Reuters

SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Scientists create new guide for saving corals

Recognizing the enormity of global warming, a team of scientists have issued a new framework to build reef resilience, and to help world leaders give corals a chance at survival.

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Huffington Post

Can new gene test reveals source of infections?

Doctors routinely use genetic tests to spot inherited diseases and guide cancer treatment. But using them to detect infectious diseases is so new that few doctors and even fewer patients know they’re available.

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Associated Press

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400 medical practices declared ‘ineffective’

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UPI

GLOBAL HEALTH

Health workers restoring limbs in Afghanistan

In Afghanistan, disability often carries a heavy stigma. And as war continues to cripple the nation, health workers are restoring the limbs, and lives, of their patients.

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Al Jazeera

Study hints at true autism prevalence in Vietnam

About 0.75 percent of young children in northern Vietnam have autism, according to a large study of children in the region. The new findings indicate that autism prevalence is increasing, consistent with trends worldwide.

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Spectrum

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GOOD NEWS

Singapore salvages expired food to fight waste

With Singapore throwing away 763,000 tonnes of food last year, the government has targeted food waste as a national problem. Individuals are organizing themselves in creative and unorthodox ways to reduce food waste.

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South China Morning Post

Queen honors women seeking to end FGM

Queen Elizabeth II recognized Leyla Hussein and Nimco Ali with the Officer of the Order of the British Empire for their work to eliminate female genital mutilation. The U.K. has pledged $63 million to eliminate FGM in Africa.

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NPR

NONPROFITS AND PHILANTHROPY

Disability experts question UN inclusivity

At the U.N.’s annual disability conference, experts said that people living with disabilities are more likely to struggle with social and political inclusion, including within the U.N.

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Devex

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New fund to support work on racial equity

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Philanthropy News Digest

Rotary announces $100M to eradicate polio

Rotary International has announced grants totaling $100 million in support of global efforts to address the final and most urgent challenges in eradicating polio.

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Philanthropy News Digest

ENVIRONMENT

Nicaragua farmers battle shifting weather

Across the Central American Dry Corridor, communities face increasingly extreme weather. In Nicaragua, the region’s poorest country, farmers struggle as weather oscillates between flooding and droughts.

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Australia approves controversial coal mine

One of India’s richest men just got the green light to start building a new coal mine in Australia despite fierce opposition from climate change campaigners.

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CNN

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Logging ravaging the Solomon Islands’ forests

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Asia Times Online

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INEQUALITY

Size of undocumented workers shrinking in US

Size of the undocumented labor force is shrinking, according to a new report by the Pew Research Center. From 2007 to 2017, the number of undocumented workers dropped to 7.6 million from 8.2 million.

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Quartz

Women earn $35K lesser than male colleagues

Women reach their peak earning potential some 11 years before men and earn a salary almost $35,000 lower than their male counterparts, a new study has found.

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CNBC

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Calls for women’s soccer team to get equal pay

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TIME

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Isa, a Fulani boy does his assignment as he watches his cattle in December, 2012. (Photo by dotun55) Photo used under CC BY

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