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Since Pramila Buhl was elected to her local ward council in far western Nepal, she has earned the support of her constituents ...
Schrader is an award-winning author, TEDx speaker, food TV personality, certified plant-based nutrition chef, and activist for sustainability and food justice. She is the author of “The Low-Carbon ...
What’s happening in the Democratic Republic of Congo? People in the eastern provinces of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) are affected by decades of conflict leading to outbreaks of preventable ...
Irregular rainfall and drought in Mali has significantly reduced Satou Coulibaly’s millet and groundnut harvest in recent years. “It's getting harder and harder to get enough to eat," she says.
For decades, the largest US corporations have been driving the inequality crisis, actively concentrating power and money in the hands of wealthy CEOs and shareholders while limiting the power of ...
This report outlines how global inequality is shockingly entrenched and vast, with the number of billionaires having doubled in the last decade. The report also shows how our sexist economies are ...
Human rights impact assessments (HRIAs) are intended to minimize human rights risks, lessen adverse impacts, and strengthen positive outcomes of business investments on affected populations. For an ...
The impact of US sanctions on the Cuban population and women's lives Right to Live without a Blockade reveals the impact of nearly six decades of sanctions imposed by successive US governments on the ...
Chicken is the most popular meat in America, and the poultry industry is booming. But workers on the processing line do not share in the bounty. Poultry workers 1) earn low wages of diminishing value, ...
Tax dodging by multinational corporations costs the US approximately $111 billion each year and saps an estimated $100 billion every year from poor countries, preventing crucial investments in ...
The level of economic inequality in the city of Santiago in Brazil is evident along the border of a high-density, low-income favela neighborhood next to high-rise ...
Global inequality stems not just from what people have and don’t have—but what they're able to do with what they have. “The levels of inequality are horrendous," said Janet Fuentes, an activist from ...